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About the aircraft Grumman F9F-2 "Panther" fighters |
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| Introduced: 1946 |
| Type: F9F-2 |
Manufacturer: Grumman Aircraft
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Weight:Empty: 9,303 lb ( 4,220 kg)
Gross: 16,450 lb ( 7,461kg) |
Dimensions:
Span: 38 ft 0 in ( 1.58 m)
Length: 37 ft 3 in ( 11.35 m)
Height: 11 ft 4 in ( 3.45 m )
Wing Area: 250 sq ft ( 23.23 sq m)
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| Role: |
| Crew: one pilot in ejection seat |
| Engine: One 5,000 lb (2,270 kg) thrust Pratt & Whitney J-42-2 centrifugal-flow jet engine |
Performance:
Max Speed: 526 mph ( 849 km/h)
Cruising Speed: 487 mph ( 784 km/h)
Service Ceiling: 44,600 ft (13,060 m)
Range: 1,353 mi ( 2,178 km)
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Armament:
Four 20 mm M3 cannons with 200 rounds each.
Six 5 in (12.7 cm) rockets. 2,000 lbs (907.20 kg) bombs
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| Variants: F-9 Cougar |
Primary users:
United States Navy
United States Marine Corps
Argentine Navy
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| Source: |
| /www.rcaf.com/aircraft/fighters/panther |
| More Information: |
| /www.rcaf.com/aircraft/fighters/panther |
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F9F_Panther |
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| Photo from www.history.navy.mil |
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The Grumman F9F Panther was the manufacturer's first jet fighter and the U.S. Navy's second. The Panther was the most widely used U.S. Navy
jet fighter of the Korean War. It flew 78,000 sorties and was responsible for the first air kill by the US Navy in the war—
the downing of a North Korean Yakovlev Yak-9 fighter. Total F9F production was 1,382, with several variants being exported to Argentina. |
Development studies at the Grumman company began near the end of the World War II as the first jet engines emerged. The prototype Panther, piloted by test pilot Corky Meyer, first flew on 24 November 1947.
Propulsion was a Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet built under license by Pratt & Whitney as the J42. Since there was insufficient space within the wings and fuselage for fuel for the thirsty jet, permanently-mounted wingtip fuel tanks were added which incidentally improved the fighter's rate of roll.
It was cleared for flight from aircraft carriers in September 1949. During the development phase, Grumman decided to change the Panther's engine, selecting the Pratt & Whitney J48-P-2, a license built version of the Rolls-Royce Tay. The other engine that had been tested was the Allison J33-A-16, a development of the Rolls-Royce Derwent.
From 1946, a swept-wing version was considered and after concerns about the Panther's inferiority to its MiG opponents in Korea, a conversion of the Panther (Design 93) resulted in a swept-wing derivative of the Panther, the Grumman F9F Cougar, which retained the Panther's designation number.
Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F9F_Panther |
Declassified Specification
of Grumman F9F-2 |
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