McDonnel Douglas Aircraft Corp. F4N Phantom II
Serial Number: 211
Registration:
Markings: 1968 US Navy
Museum Condition: Static Display Only
Restored in 1984 by Jack Hayes and 123 volunteers. Hayes flew the F-4 in Vietnam
Acquired in November 1988, from the scrap pile at the San Diego Aerospace Museum, Doug Champlin negotiated talks with the USN to put the F-4 on display in the Champlin Fighter Aircraft Museum is Mesa, AZ. When the Champlin Collection was acquired by the Museum of Flight, resulting in the closure of the museum on 26 May, 2003, the Pima Air and Space Museum of Tucson, AZ, took over the right to display the aircraft. Pima in turn loaned it to the AZ Wing for display.
The names on the canopy rails commemorate the last two aircrews from the carrier USS Ranger to be lost in the Vietnam War. The aircraft is considered a monument to these flyers.
The aircraft is a combat veteran which flew at least 200 sorties from the USS Ranger and the USS Forrestal, later serving in the USNR (United States Naval Reserve).
| Type |
Fighter/bomber |
| Manufacturer |
McDonnel Douglas Aircraft Corp |
| Maiden Flight |
27 May 1958 |
| Introduced |
30 December 1960 |
| Theatre of War |
Vietnam - 1960's
Desert Storm (F4G variant) - 1990s |
| Number Produced |
5,195 |
| Status |
Active in foreign services and as drones |
| Crew |
2 |
| Wingspan |
38 ft 4.5 in |
| Length |
63 ft 0 in |
| Height |
16 ft 6 in |
| Empty Weight |
30,328 lbs |
| Max Takeoff Weight |
61,795 lbs |
| Power Plant |
(2) General Electric J79-GE-17A axial compressor turbojets |
| Thrust |
17,900 lb |
| Maximum Speed |
Mach 2.23 at 40,000 ft |
| Service Ceiling |
60,000 ft |
| Rate of Climb |
41,300 ft/min |
| Range |
1,403 nm (1,615 mi) with 3 external fuel tanks |
| Guns/Cannons |
Optional 20mm Gun Pod (mounted on pylon) |
| Rockets/Missiles |
(4) AIM-9 Sidewinders
(4) 7E Sparrow Radar-guided Missiles |
| External Fuel |
5078L (1342 US gal) between (3) external tanks on pylons |
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