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McDonnell Douglas F-4D "Phantom II"
T.O. 1F-4C-1 Aircraft Description The F-4 is a two-place (tandem), supersonic, long-range, all-weather fighter-bomber built by McDonnell Douglas Corporation. Mission capabilities include: long range, high-altitude intercepts utilizing air-to-air missiles as primary armament; a 20mm gun as secondary armament; long-range attack missions utilizing conventional or nuclear weapons as a primary armament; and close air support missions utilizing a choice of bombs, rockets and missiles as primary armament. Aircraft thrust is provided by two axial-flow turbo jet engines with variable stators and variable afterburner. Airplane appearance is characterized by a low mounted swept back wing with obvious anhedral at the wing tips, and a one piece stabilator with obvious cathedral. Dual, irreversible power control cylinders, position the stabilator, ailerons, and spoilers. A single, irreversible hydraulic power control cylinder positions the rudder. An integral pneumatic system, charged by a hydraulically driven air compressor, supplies compressed air for normal and emergency canopy operation, as well as emergency operation for the landing gear and wing flaps. The wings can be folded for ease of airplane storage and ground handling. A drag chute, contained in the end of the fuselage, significantly reduces landing roll distances and an arresting hook, that is hydraulically retracted, can be utilized to stop the airplane under a wide range of gross weight-airspeed combination.
SPECIFICATIONS Span: 38 ft. 5 in. (27 ft. 7 in. folded)
Length: 58 ft. 3 in.
Height: 16 ft. 5 in.
Weight: 59,483 lbs. maximum takeoff weight
Distance between main landing gear: 17 ft. 11 in.
Armament: Up to 16,000 lbs. of externally carried nuclear or conventional bombs, rockets, missiles, or 20mm cannon pods in various combinations
Engines: Two General Electric J-79-GE-15s of 17,000 lbs thrust each with afterburner
Crew: TwoPERFORMANCE for Combat Air Patrol (CAP) Mission:
four AIM-7 Sparrow missiles, one 600 gal. and two 370 gal. external tanks
Combat Altitude: 40,000 ft. maximum
Combat speed: 1,178 knots at 35,000 ft. maximum power
Combat weight: 36,140 lbs.
Combat radius: 250 nautical miles
Mission time (CAP): 2.48 hrs total; 1.39 hrs CAP
In 1962, the Phantom II (F4H-1) set a world speed record for an airplane not powered by a rocket. The Phantom II sustained a speed of 1,606.342 mph, 81 mph faster than the record established by an Air Force F-106* in 1959. Designed for carrier operations, the Phantom II was also slow enough to land on a carrier, a point McDonnell demonstrated by flying it in formation with a Ryan PT-22, a World War II trainer that had a top speed of 118 knots.
-- Flying Magazine (paraphrased), August 2002
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