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F-100 SUPER SABRE

Aircraft at the Joe Davies Heritage Airpark at Palmdale Plant 42

Nicknamed "Hun"

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GENERAL INFORMATION

MANUFACTURER:	North American Aviation
PRODUCTION PERIOD:	1953 to 1959
NUMBER PRODUCED:	2,294
PRODUCTION SERIES:	USAF: F-100A, C, & D single-seat A/C, F-100F two-seat A/C
ROLES:	Originally designed as a land-based fair-weather air superiority fighter for the US Air Force; later developed into a land-based all-weather multi-mission aircraft for the US Air Force, capable of close air support, interception and forward air control

PERFORMANCE AND SPECIFICATIONS

(Figures given are for the F-100D model)

MAXIMUM SPEED:	910 mph (Mach 1.2)
SERVICE CEILING:	46,900 feet above sea level
RANGE:	1,995 miles
WEAPONS:	Four M39 20mm cannons, AIM-4 Falcon, AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, and a variety of air to ground rockets and bombs could be carried on the six wing and one fuselage stations
CREW:	Pilot
LENGTH:	54 feet, 2 inches
WINGSPAN:	38 feet, 9 inches
HEIGHT:	16 feet, 2 inches
MAXIMUM TAKEOFF WEIGHT:	37,124 lbs.
POWERPLANT:	Pratt & Whitney J57-P-21/21A turbojet engine with afterburner providing 16,000 lbs. of thrust
ACHIEVEMENTS:	First operational USAF aircraft to exceed the speed of sound in level flight; operated by the USAF Thunderbirds and USAF Europe Skyblazers Flight Demonstration teams

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