F-84F - Des Moines, IA
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DaveGoliath
N 41° 42.174 W 093° 42.726
15T E 440752 N 4617035
This F-84F jet jet is on display at the Iowa Military Museum in Johnston, IA.
Waymark Code: WM968B
Location: Iowa, United States
Date Posted: 07/05/2010
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From WikiPedia.org
The Republic F-84F Thunderstreak was an American-built swept-wing turbojet fighter-bomber. While an evolutionary development of the straight-wing F-84 Thunderjet, the F-84F was a new design. The RF-84F Thunderflash was a photo reconnaissance version.
In 1949, Republic created a swept wing version of the F-84 hoping to bring performance to the F-86 level. The last production F-84E was fitted with a swept tail, a new wing with 38.5 degrees of leading edge sweep and 3.5 degrees of anhedral, and a J35-A-25 engine producing 5,300 pound-force (23.58 kN) of thrust.[1]
The aircraft was designated XF-96A. It flew on 3 June 1950 with Otto P. Haas at the controls. Although the airplane was capable of 602 knots (693 mph, 1,115 km/h), the performance gain over the F-84E was considered minor.[1] Nonetheless, it was ordered into production in July 1950 as the F-84F Thunderstreak.
The F-84 designation was retained because the fighter was expected to be a low-cost improvement of the straight-wing Thunderjet with over 55 percent commonality in tooling
Type of Aircraft: (make/model): F-84F
Tail Number: (S/N): USAF 0-22497
Construction:: replica
Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): Iowa Gold Star Military Museum - Johnston, IA
inside / outside: outside
Other Information:: Not listed
Access restrictions: Not listed
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Photo of aircraft (required - will be interesting to see if the aircraft is ever repainted or progress if being restored)
Photo of serial number (required unless there is not one or it is a replica)
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