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Description
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
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| Base model: | F4B | ||
| Designation: | F4B | ||
| Version: | -4 | ||
| Equivalent to: | P-12 P12P-12 | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | ||
| Designation Period: | 1922-1962 | ||
| Basic role: | Fighter | ||
Specifications
| Length: | 20' 1" | 6.1 m | |
| Height: | 9' 4" | 2.8 m | |
| Wingspan: | 30' | 9.1 m | |
| Empty Weight: | 2,354 lb | 1,069 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 3,605 lb | 1,637 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 3,611 lb | 1,639 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 1 | ||
| Powerplant: | Pratt & Whitney R-1340-16 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 550 | ||
Performance
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| National Air and Space Museum | Washington | Dist of Col |
| National Museum of Naval Aviation | NAS Pensacola | Florida |
| San Diego Aerospace Museum | San Diego | California |
| USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park | Mobile | Alabama |
F4B-4 on display
National Air and Space Museum | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Bob , OK | Go to Smithsonian web site and search for Peter Westburg prints. $36 for 1/12th scale prints. 30" x 42" print size... 4 sheets awesome...
Link http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/arch/collections/techdraw/westburg.cfm 05/28/2011 @ 19:14 [ref: 38830] |
| David G. Small Inverness, FL | I am a radio control flier and build my airplanes.
I am about to start on a biplane that looks exactly like the F4B-4 and would like to make it a close replica. Would you be able to give me the color schemes of some of the actual Navy aircraft, and perhaps insignia designs of squadrons? It would help me keep the plane close to thew real thing. Thanks, Dave Small 02/04/2001 @ 18:24 [ref: 1546] |
| Arthur Schwacke Oakland, NJ |
I had the pleasure of visiting your aircraft restoration shop while doing some research on a Grumman F4B, that a very close friend of mine flew while at Pensacola in the 1930`s. I found the aircraft under a great deal of plastic sheeting. With the aid of the mechanic in charge, (who`s name escapes me), we uncovered the insignia and name of my old buddy. The name of Hal Salut with the enlisted mans insignia of a Chief Petty Officer. I would like to know if the aircraft displayed in your web site is that airplane. For yuor information Harold Salut passed away just about a year ago in Bemidji, Minnesota. There is a Petenpole airplane that he built as a young man,and later found and restored in a museum at Fargo, North Dakota. If you are interested I have a photo of Hal flying the Grumman and also a painted portrait of him with the plane in the background. Please let me know if this is THE airplane. Thanks so very much, Arthur Schwacke 120 Seminole Avenue Oakland, N.J. 07436-2923 01/29/2001 @ 23:44 [ref: 1495] |
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