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Technically I'm even further your side of the Channel (Dublin Ireland) .Your comments helped spur me down this particular rabbit hole.From some web research re: the ATAR v Avon for the Mirage III the ATAR was certainly substantially cheaper while the supposed performance performances of the Avon in the Mirage was in practise decidedly mixed (any hoped for superior performance advantages were at best dissapointing) with developments of the ATAR looked more promising for future increases in thrust (at the time the decision was made).Best source I found was http://www.radschool.org.au/Books/the_raaf_mirage_story_opt.pdf (page 10 etc.)Undoubtedly later in its career the Australian Mirage III could have done with more thrust; however in retrospect the arguments for the Avon when the decision was made were not as strong as some may pretend. In this time period when the UK struggled to sell very small numbers of Lightnings abroad the Mirage was massively successful British feelings were a bit raw and there was a tendency for them to perceive these decisions as somehow unfair.
Technically I'm even further your side of the Channel (Dublin Ireland) .
Your comments helped spur me down this particular rabbit hole.
From some web research re: the ATAR v Avon for the Mirage III the ATAR was certainly substantially cheaper while the supposed performance performances of the Avon in the Mirage was in practise decidedly mixed (any hoped for superior performance advantages were at best dissapointing) with developments of the ATAR looked more promising for future increases in thrust (at the time the decision was made).
Best source I found was http://www.radschool.org.au/Books/the_raaf_mirage_story_opt.pdf (page 10 etc.)
Undoubtedly later in its career the Australian Mirage III could have done with more thrust; however in retrospect the arguments for the Avon when the decision was made were not as strong as some may pretend. In this time period when the UK struggled to sell very small numbers of Lightnings abroad the Mirage was massively successful British feelings were a bit raw and there was a tendency for them to perceive these decisions as somehow unfair.
