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1/48 F9F-5 "MiG-15s Killer" 125459 VF-781 flown by Royce Williams Nov 1952
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About this product
The F9F Panther entered service in 1949. It was the first Grumman jet fighter, the first Carrier-Borne Navy jet fighter in combat, the first USN jet to shoot down an enemy airplane, first jet aircraft used by the Blue Angels. A total of 1,382 F9Fs were made. VF-781 was the first squadron to volunteer for combat in Korea and were 100% volunteers earning them the name “Pacemakers”. The F9F flew 78,000 sorties with VF-781 flying 2,721 of them without a single loss of life. The Panther was removed from front-line service in 1956.
- Crew: 1
- Performance
- Engine – (1) Pratt & Whitney J48-P-4/P-6A turbojet @ 6,250 lb.s.t.
- Internal fuel capacity - 1,003 US gallons
- Maximum speed - 604 mph @ sea level, 579 mph @ 5,000 ft, 543 mph @ 3,500 ft
- Cruising speed - 481 mph
- Stalling speed - 132 mph
- Initial climb rate - 5,090 fpm
- Service ceiling - 42,800 ft
- Range - 1,300 miles
- Dimensions
- Wingspan - 38 ft 0 in
- Length - 38 ft 10 1/2 in
- Height - 12 ft 4 in
- Wing area - 250 sq ft
- Weights
- Empty - 10,147 lbs
- Gross - 17,766 lbs
- Maximum takeoff - 18,721 lbs
- Armament
- (4) 20-mm cannon in the nose
- (8) Under wing hard points could accommodate up to 3,465 lbs. of bombs and rockets
