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Exhibits and Photo Gallery | Jets
SPECIFICATIONS
| WING SPAN |
50’ |
| WING AREA |
400 SQ FT |
| LENGTH |
45’ 6” |
| HEIGHT |
16’ |
| EMPTY WEIGHT |
18,160 LBS |
| GROSS WEIGHT |
26,850 LBS |
| ENGINE |
2 x WESTINGHOUSE
J-34-WE-36/36A |
| THRUST |
3,400 LBS EACH |
| MAX SPEED |
600 MPH |
| CRUISE SPEED |
350 MPH |
| CLIMB |
4,500 FEET PER MINUTE |
| RANGE |
1475 NAUTICAL MILES |
| ARMAMENT |
4 x 20MM CANNONS |
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DOUGLAS
F3D-2 "SKY KNIGHT"
F - FIGHTER
3 - 3RD MODEL
D - DOUGLAS
2 - NUMBER OF MODIFICATIONS
The Sky Knight was an all weather fighter for the
Marine Corps and made its first flight on March 23,1948 as
the XF3D-1. A total of 268 were delivered to the Navy and
the Marine Corps. Throughout its long service life
the Sky Knight had been modified for many different missions
such as Electronic Counter- Measures, missile platforms,
systems trainers and flying test platform for advanced avionics. The
Sky Knight made the first night jet to jet kill on the early
morning of November 3rd 1952, when Maj. William T. Stratton
Jr., and MSgt Hans Hoglind of Marine Night Fighter Squadron,
VMF (N)-513, shot down a North Korean YAK-15. The Sky Knight
destroyed more enemy aircraft in Korea than any other Navy
or Marine fighter aircraft. Many F3D-2s were modified
as electronic jammers to be used by Marine Composite Squadrons
(VMCJ) during Vietnam, these aircraft were redesignated as
F3D-2Q and later as EF-10B. This Sky Knight served
at China Lake in Missile Research & Development
before being used by Raytheon as a test platform. It
was retired from active flying and flown to MCAS El Toro
in 1987 for display at the command museum. |
SPECIFICATIONS
| WING SPAN |
37’ 6” |
| WING AREA |
400 SQ FT |
| LENGTH |
56’ |
| HEIGHT |
15’ 3.5” |
| EMPTY WEIGHT |
23,050 LBS |
| GROSS WEIGHT |
49,224 LBS |
| ENGINE |
2 x GENERAL ELECTRIC
F-404-GE-400 |
| THRUST |
16,000 LBS |
| MAX SPEED |
1,305 MPH |
| CEILING |
50,000’ |
| RANGE |
350 MPH |
| CLIMB |
4,500 FEET PER MINUTE |
| RANGE |
2,303 NAUTICAL MILES |
| ARMAMENT |
1 x M-61 20MM CANNON 9
x EXTERNAL WEAPONS STATIONS |
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McDONNELL-DOUGLAS
(BOEING) F/A-18A "HORNET"
F - FIGHTER
A - ATTACK
18 - MODEL NUMBER
A - FIRST MODIFICATION
The
F/A-18’s first flight was 18 November 1978, and the “Black
Knights” of Marine Fighter/Attack Squadron 312 (VMFA-312)
were the first F/A-18 unit. During operation “Desert
Storm” the F/A-18 downed two Iraqi Mig-21 (Chinese
built Shenyang F-7) with only one F/A-18 lost to a Surface
to Air Missile (SAM) throughout the entire war. The
Hornet is a high-performance tactical airplane that can
operation from aircraft carriers or land bases. It
can perform fighter, attack, and reconnaissance missions.
Click here for a larger picture and more information. |
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