Lockheed F-94C "Starfire" - Ironworld- Chisholm, MN
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BruceS
N 47° 28.763 W 092° 53.600
15T E 508036 N 5258443
This F-94C is located in the Area Veterans Memorial at the Ironworld Discovery Center, in Chisholm, Minnesota.
Waymark Code: WMHBJ
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 07/14/2006
Views: 93
The Veterans memorial was developed andfunded by the American Legion Press Lloyd Post No. 247 of Chisholm, MN. This aircraft was a former Minnesota Air Guard jet.
The specification of the F-94C are:
Span: 37 ft. 4 in.
Length: 44 ft. 4 in.
Height: 14 ft. 11 in.
Weight: 24,000 lbs. maximum
Armament: Twenty-four 2.75 in. Folding Fin Aerial Rockets (FFAR) in nose and twenty-four FFARs in two wing pods.
Engines: Pratt & Whitney J48-P-5 or -5A of 8,750 lbs. thrust with afterburner (early -C models had J48-P-3 and late models were field upgraded to J48-P-7)
Crew: Two
Cost: $534,000
PERFORMANCE
Maximum speed: 640 mph
Cruising speed: 476 mph
Range: 1,275 miles
Service ceiling: 51,800 ft.
Type of Aircraft: (make/model): Lockheed F-94C "Starfire"
Tail Number: (S/N): 13560
Construction:: original aircraft
Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): Veteran's Memorial
inside / outside: outside
Other Information:: Not listed
Access restrictions: Not listed
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