Mirage Notes

[Andy Marden]

A few minor notes on the Mirage page:

A3-29 and A3-30
loss date is missing (9Apr84)

Also, not all the Mirages that went to Pakistan became 90-506 etc. Some became 89-___.
I have seen photos of 89-553, 89-562, 89-588.

Best wishes,
Andy Marden

[Martin Edwards]

Hi Andy,
You are correct with the date of the collision between A3-29 and A3-30 and I have amended the Mirage page

Now you have opened a can of worms with the Mirage serials.
This has been a bit of a pet project of mine trying to work out the story of the Mirages we sold Pakistan.
I don't wish to upset you but I have just spent the last 4 hours trying to verify that the 89 prefix was used and came up blank.
In fact 89-553 comes up as a Chengdu F-7
There are many referances to 90-553, 90-562 and 90-588
Also noted is that the prefix denotes the year of acquisition which in the case of the ex-RAAF Mirages was 1990.
Can you please post those photos showing the 89 prefix, or tell me where you saw them.
I'm not saying that you are wrong in fact I hope that I am and we can correct any errors.
Regards
Martin