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Description
| Manufacturer: | Grumman |
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| Base model: | F11F | ||
| Designation: | F11F | ||
| Version: | -1 | ||
| Nickname: | Tiger | ||
| Equivalent to: | F-11A F11AF-11A | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | ||
| Designation Period: | 1922-1962 | ||
| Basic role: | Fighter | ||
| Crew: | Pilot | ||
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Specifications
| Length: | 46' 11" | 14.3 m | |
| Height: | 13' 3" | 4.0 m | |
| Wingspan: | 31' 7" | 9.6 m | |
| Wingarea: | 250.0 sq ft | 23.2 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 14,330 lb | 6,498 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 21,280 lb | 9,650 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 24,078 lb | 10,919 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 1 | ||
| Powerplant: | Wright J65-W-18 (A/B 10,500Lb | ||
| Thrust (each): | 7,400 lb | 3,356 kg | |
Performance
| Range: | 1,275 miles | 2,053 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 578 mph | 930 km/h | 502 kt |
| Max Speed: | 753 mph | 1,212 km/h | 655 kt |
| Climb: | 18,000 ft/min | 5,130 m/min | |
| Ceiling: | 41,900 ft | 12,770 m | |
Recent comments by our visitors
| RL Berry Dallas, TX | My first duty station after boot camp and A School in Memphis was Beeville, TX and VT-26. I joined the Tigers of VT-26 January 1, 1966. The Vietnam War was in full bloom and I had no idea how lucky I was to be in Beeville.
I remember the intense heat of the summers, the poor housing, getting married, and the birth of our first child, a little Italian restaurant, going to Hemisphere in San Antonio. The roar of two F8 fleet guys on a low run over our flight line, rotating straight up over our tower, hitting their afterburners and hearing the cheers of what seemed to be everyone on the base except the CO. Almost getting blown up by the F-11 on a run up at 2:00 a.m. when the fuel control value failed. When I left Beeville with my family, I did not have a clue how much my life would be influenced by the Navy and an airplane, the F-11. Thank you, Captain Pritchard, Grumman and the United States Navy. 04/06/2008 @ 10:07 [ref: 20350] |
| RL Berry Dallas, TX | My first duty station after boot camp and A School in Memphis was Beeville, TX and VT-26. I joined the Tigers of VT-26 January 1, 1966. The Vietnam War was in full bloom and I had no idea how lucky I was to be in Beeville.
I remember the intense heat of the summers, the poor housing, getting married, and the birth of our first child, a little Italian restaurant, going to Hemisphere in San Antonio. The roar of two F8 fleet guys on a low run over our flight line, rotating straight up over our tower, hitting their afterburners and hearing the cheers of what seemed to be everyone on the base except the CO. Almost getting blown up by the F-11 on a run up at 2:00 a.m. when the fuel control value failed. When I left Beeville with my family, I did not have a clue how much my life would be influenced by the Navy and an airplane, the F-11. Thank you my CO, Captain Pritchard, Grumman and the United States Navy. 04/06/2008 @ 10:02 [ref: 20349] |
| Richard Mangels Sun City, CA | VA-156 was the first to receive the F11F-1 in March of 1957.I was a plane captain on it.Va-156 was at Moffett Navy Air Station near Mountin View Ca.The plane was used by the Blue Angels for many years after it was taken out of the fleet in 1961.The plane was great to look at,but the engine was under powered.In Nov.1957 VA-156 was aboard the USS Handcock for two weeks.In March 1958 it went on a six month cruise,that end 9 months later.The plane had no zero ground ejection and the loose of two officers (LtJG OBER & LtJG Nunn).They were great officers.VA-156 officers & NCO'S were sadden by the lose.In May of 1959 it off to the USS Lexington.A long with 8 NCO'S left the ship in Japan and sent back to Tresure Island,Ca.,via a troop transport for honarable release.In July of 1959. 03/26/2008 @ 11:53 [ref: 20244] |
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| James Marvin Williams Jacksonville, FL | I was stationed at Chase Field and flew the F11F. On my last day of flight training (3/3/66), I had three flights scheduled that day. The first was a target training flight in the Gulf. I never made it as my plane caught on fire over Sinton TX. The fire burned out all my hydraulics, and at 12m feet, it rolled over and went into a spin. I had to eject and the plane went into an alley, two blocks from the center of Sinton with a school right accross the street. There were no injuries to anyone on the ground. I received three compression fractures, which ended my flying career.
I think everyone that every flew the plane will agree that it was a sweet aircraft to fly in that time. 01/31/2008 @ 18:34 [ref: 19494] |
| Clive Lynch Clearwater, FL | After ADJ-A school, I was stationed in Beeville Tx, VT-26 in early 1962 through Sept. 1966. I sure have fond memories of Beeville and Chase Field. My 1st assignment was washing the F11s behind the hanger. I was then assigned to the tow shop for about 6 months, then to the flight line till I left Beeville. I remember the plaque in the ready room of a tiger mounter on a panther. As a young airdale, I got in some trouble (3 capts mast in 4 months for fighting at the club) and had to go TAD to the brig in Corpus for 30 days. I worked for the toughest CPO in the world - Chief Lund. He would tell us "off your ass, on your feet, out of the shade and into the heat", when flights were returning. I loved that old SOB. Spent most weekends in Houston (hitchhiked) chasing girls. Cought my 1st wife there. Wish I never went to Houston because of that. Spent the rest of my airdale days in sea going VAW outfits in Norfolk. Switched to DP in 1969. retired a DPSC in 1982. 11/05/2007 @ 10:44 [ref: 18405] |
| William J. Green Kingsville, TX | My first experience with the F11F-1(later F-11A) was as a recent Pr(A) school graduate and a newly advanced PR3 at Vt-23 NAAS Kingsville, Texas. I reported on board August of 1961 and was immediatly indoctrinated in removing, repacking, and reinstalling the NB-8 parachutes. There was a catapiller club plaque in the parachute loft, and my name along with the name of a fortunate pilot would be on that plaque either two or three times before I transferred in August of 1964.
Two and one-half years later, after a tour on board USS Hornet (CVS-12) I would transfer to VT-26 as a PR2 once again working on the F11-A tiger. I remember the feelings of pride we maintenance types felt as we observed several F-11s in section takeoff from the field. Later VT-26 replaced the F-11s with F-9s. I was fortunate to become qualified and get several joy rides in the back seat of TF-9Js, but nothing compared for beauty and excitment to the F-11s. William J. Green PR1 USN Retired 07/18/2007 @ 19:35 [ref: 17175] |
| WILLIAM JOHN RIGNEY JR. CANYON LAKE, TX | THE F-11 WAS A BEAUTIFUL AIRCRAFT, ESPECIALLY IN FLIGHT. I REMEMBER HOW SPECIAL (AND ARROGANT) WE FELT BECAUSE WE WERE THE ONLY SQUADRON WITH SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT IN THE NAVY. AND OF COURSE THE BLUE ANGELS WERE ROUTINE VISITORS, STEALING AIRCRAFT, PARTS, PILOTS AND TECHNICIANS. THE ENGINE HAD THE OLD AFTERBURNER "ALL OR NOTHING" TECHNOLOGY OF THE DAY. YOU HAD IT ALL OR NOTHING. YOU ALWAYS KNEW WHEN A TIGER WAS LEAVING CHASE FIELD. THE AFTERBURNER LIT OFF LIKE A STICK OF DYNAMITE. BIG BANG. WE ALL FELT A SENSE OF LOSS AND LET DOWN WHEN WE HAD TO LET GO OF "OUR AIRCRAFT", AND THE FEELING THAT WE WEREN'T SPECIAL ANYMORE. WE WERE JUST "TIGERS NOW IN NAME ONLY. CHASE FIELD HOLDS ALOT OF GOOD MEMORIES I'M SURE, FOR US ALL. VERY SAD THESE DAYS TO DRIVE BY AND SEE THE STATE PRISON THERE NOW. FOR ANYONE'S INFORMATION, THE HANGARS AND RUNWAYS ARE NOT OCCUPIED BY THE PRISON. I'VE DRIVEN MY CAR DOWN TO THE OLD HIGH POWER, IN AND OUT OF ALL THE HANGARS AND DOWN THE RUNWAYS. I JUST HAD TO. GLAD THE OLD GUYS CAN'T SEE THE BASE FALLING INTO RUIN. BILL RIGNEY SENDS. BT 06/17/2007 @ 07:02 [ref: 16857] |
| Rich Brown Campbell, CA | Wow! It's been about forty years (mid-1967) since my old outfit, VT-26 at NAS Chase Field transitioned from F-11's to F-9's. What a letdown! The F-11 looked fast just sitting on the ramp. I was a fueler and oiler on the line, and one of the first F-9 plane captains in the squadron. I came to 26 right out of boot camp. The F-11's were impressive for trainers! Afterburner takeoffs at 0800 launch from a flight of four were fun to watch. I later got a back seat card to fly in our F-9's, but I'll never forget the Tiger! 06/06/2007 @ 14:20 [ref: 16764] |
| robert carson , AL | I rember well the sweetest fighter I ever flew, the F-11f at VT-26, Chase Field. The F-11 squadron was the last of our training before getting our wings; it was an exciting time. After just a few training flights in air to air combat and gunnery, we would complete flight training and be off to our first Fleet squadron. As a Marine we had a choice of A-4, A-6,and F-4 aircraft. I chose the F-4 and found it remarkably easy to fly, after the F-11 training.
The F-4 wasn't as well behaved as the F-11, but it sure had power. I remember the "O" club at Chase, there was two sides to the bar, one for the F-11 "thin wing flyers" and the other for the "fat wing pukes" (F-9 flyers.) Many fine hours were spent there recalling the day's flying and other great lies. I've always felt I learned as much about flying, listening to the old salts at the happy hour bars, as I did from hours in the cockpit. At any rate, the old F-11 has a special place in my heart; the first single seat fighter, the first after burner aircraft, the sweetest fighter of all to fly, the excitement of knowing that in just a few more hops I would get my Naval Aviator Wings. A few hundred combat missions in the F-4 does not dim the memory of the sweetest fighter I ever flew, the F-11 Tiger. 04/13/2007 @ 07:56 [ref: 16179] |
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