Payen Mirs (ancestors of Dassault Mirages)

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There was also a push-pull derivative:

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In fact, the Payen Mir family connected the Mustang and Mirage families.
At the very beginning, a little outside the Mir family, were the related almost-Mustang projects:

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A parasite version had a rocket engine, but this was cancelled:

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This supersonic glider was fixed on a huge rocket:

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More "normal" was the pusher of the family:

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The next one was not supersonic, so was very far from the Mirage principle, but it was for sure a continuation in the Mir family:

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Then a drone, of unknown goal but different:

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The Mir VIII was a quickly made prototype from the piloted version but of course the final drone (Mir VIIIA) would have featured a streamlined fuselage:

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And without cockpit there was no need of sharp nose anymore:

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On the basis of the VIIIB drone came the IX piloted one:

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