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Click on the small photos above to enlarge. Back to Museum Collection Click here to view a walkabout animation around the aircraft SINGLE SEAT FIGHTER MFG: GRUMAN BN: 78645 CONTRACT#Noa[S] 2676 ENGINE: P/W R 2800-10W HP:2000 PERFORMANCE TOP SPEED:380 MPH. RANGE: 1,040 MILES CRUISE: 169 MPH. CEILING: 37,700 CAPACITY EMPTY WEIGHT: 9,238 LBS. GROSS WEIGHT:15,413 MAX. ARMAMENT: 6 50 CAL. SOME HAD 20 MIL CANNON IN WINGS. 2 1,000 LB. BOMBS 0R 6 6 INCH ROCKETS' DELIVERED: 3 / 2 / 45 STRICKEN : 8 / 31 / 49 SERVICE HISTORY: VF14, USS CASABLANCA, 2 TOURS, VF 80, PENSACOLA FLORIDA, NART, SQUANTUM. THEN RETIRED. F6FS HAD A KILL RATE OF 19 TO 1. 12,274 F6Fs WERE BUILT, SOME WERE USED AS PILOTLESS DRONES IN KOREA IN 1952. OBTAINED BY YANKS 3 / 1978. |
