AIRCRAFT:F6F-5 Hellcat

• TYPE:Carrier based fighter
  
• MAKER:Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
  
• SPAN:42 ft. 10 in. (13.06m)
  
• LENGTH:33 ft. 7 in. (10.24m)
  
• HEIGHT:13 ft. 1 in. (3.99m)
  
• WING AREA:334 sq. ft. (31.03 sq. m.)
  
• WEIGHT:empty 9,238 lb (4,190 kg), normal 15,413 lb (6,991 kg)
  
• POWERPLANT:One 2000-hp Pratt and Whitney R-2800-10W Double Wasp 18-cylinder two-row radail engine
  
• PERFORMANCE:maximum speed 380 m.p.h. (612 k.p.h.),range 945 miles (1,521 km.), operational ceiling 37,300 ft. (11,369m)
  
• ARMAMENT:six 0.5 in. Browning machine guns, 3,000 lb bombload, six 5-inch rockets
  
• CREW:1

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