Aircraft’s Background
Prairie Aviation Museum received this F-100 Super Sabre in August of 2009 from the United States Air Force via the Chanute Air Museum.Interactive Display
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Videos of Interest
Video #1: F-100 Super Sabre – Supersonic Close Air Support in the Vietnam War Run Time (0:10:29)
Video #2: Great Planes – F100 Super Sabre Run Time (0:49:10)
Video #3: F100 – One More Time Run Time (0:11:36)
Video #4: F-100 Super Sabre | Behind the Wings Run Time (0:08:04)
History
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 50 ft (15.2 m)
- Wingspan: 38 ft 9 in (11.81 m)
- Height: 16 ft 2¾ in (4.95 m)
- Wing area: 400 ft² (37 m²)
- Empty weight: 21,000 lb (9,500 kg)
- Loaded weight: 28,847 lb (13,085 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 34,832 lb (15,800 kg)
- Powerplant:1 × Pratt & Whitney J-57-P-21/21A turboject
- Dry thrust: 10,200 lbf (45 kN)
- Thrust with afterburner: 16,000 lbf (71 kN)
- Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0130
- Drag area: 5.0 ft² (0.46 m²)
- Aspect ratio: 3.76
Performance
- Maximum speed: 750 kn (864 mph, 1,390 km/h, Mach 1.13)
- Range: 1,733 NM (1,995 mi, 3,210 km)
- Service ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,000 m)
- Rate of Climb: 22,400 ft/min (114 m/s)
- Wing loading: 72.1 lb/ft² (352 kg/m²)
- Thrust/weight: 0.55
- Lift-to-drag: 13.9
Armament
- Guns: 4× 20 MM (0.787 in) Pontiac M39A1 revolver cannon
- Missiles:
- 4× AIM-9 Sidewinder or
- 2× AGM-12 Bullup or
- 2× or 4× LAU-3/A 2.75″ unguided rocket dispenser
- Bombs:7,040 lb (3,190 kg) of weapons, including
- Conventional bombs or
- Mark 7 nuclear bomb or
- Mk 28 nuclear bomb or
- Mk 38 nuclear bomb or
- Mk 43 nuclear bomb or
- Mk 57 nuclear bomb or
- Mk 61 nuclear bomb
Avionics
- Minneapolis-Honeywell MB-3 automatic pilot
- AN/AJB-1B low-altitude bombing system
- AN/APR-26 rearward radar warning