Northrups F-5
Tiger II Freedom Fighter - T-38 Talon Jet Trainer - F-20 Tigershark Jet Fighter
Military Aircraft Models.
The F-5 freedom fighter was manufactured by Northrop
Aircraft Company near San Diego. The F-5 Tiger Jet Fighter
is
47' 2" long, 13' 2" high and has a wingspan of 25' 3". The empty
weight was 10,567 lbs and the max gross weight was 25,145lbs. The
F-5's used 2 General Electric J85-GE-21
jet engines each producing 3,500
lbs of thrust and with afterburner the engines produced 5,000 lbs of thrust producing
a maximum thrust of 10,000 lbs. The F-5 Tiger has a max speed of 1,030 mph
a cruise speed of 640 mph, climbed at 32,700 feet per minute and had a
max range of 1,462 miles. The early F-5's, described above later
evolved into the F-5G which used a single engine producing much more thrust
and provided a less complex design. The F-5G was later called the
F-20 Tiger Shark which was in direct competition with the
General Dynamics
F-16 Falcon. Since General Dynamics won the contract with its
F-16
falcon the F-20 (F-5G) was never put into mass production and never saw service
in our military. I once spoke to a head
engineer about the F-20 Tiger Shark about why it didn't win the contract
for production. He was reluctant to talk about this aircraft since
its specs were very secret at the time, but he said the government wanted
ever increasing performance and capabilities and a lower cost.
Never the less, the F-16 won the contract and that is the plane which is
seen in many services throughout the world. You can see
the Yellow Airplane Kids Group visitation to see the
F-16 at the 183rd Fighter
Squadron by clicking
here.
There are many versions of this plane, these
specs cover only one version.
Another aircraft, the trainer version
of the F-5 is the T-38 Talon which is very popular and is still in use
in many countries.
T-38 Talon / F-5 Tiger II / F-20 Tigershark Jet
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