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To: kms61
Grumman F4F Wildcat..
2 posted on 06/08/2007 8:46:57 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... For want of a few good men, a once great nation was lost.)
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F4F-4 “Wildcat” characteristics:

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/ac-usn22/f-types/f4f.htm

Dimensions: Wing Span, 38 feet; Length, 28 feet 9 inches; Wing Area, 260 square feet.

Weights: Empty, 5785 pounds; Gross, 7975 pounds
Powerplant: One 1,200 horsepower Pratt & Whitney R-1830-86 double-row radial engine.

Armament: Six .50 caliber Browning machine guns; Two 100-pound bombs.

Performance: Maximum Speed, 320 m.p.h. (@ 19,800 feet & weight of 7975 pounds).


3 posted on 06/08/2007 8:47:55 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... For want of a few good men, a once great nation was lost.)
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To: NormsRevenge
MEOW
8 posted on 06/08/2007 8:53:19 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck
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To: NormsRevenge

10 posted on 06/08/2007 9:03:18 PM PDT by Enterprise (I can't talk about liberals anymore because some of the words will get me sent to rehab.)
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