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Description
| Manufacturer: | General Motors (Eastern Aircraft Div.) | |
| Base model: | FM | |
| Designation: | FM | |
| Version: | -1 | |
| Nickname: | Wildcat | |
| Equivalent to: | F4F-4 | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | |
| Designation Period: | 1922-1962 | |
| Basic role: | Fighter | |
| Crew: | Pilot | |
Specifications
| Length: | 28' 9" | 8.7 m | |
| Height: | 9' 21.5" | 3.2 m | |
| Wingspan: | 38' | 11.5 m | |
| Wingarea: | 260.0 sq ft | 24.1 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 5,758 lb | 2,611 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 7,406 lb | 3,358 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 7,952 lb | 3,606 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 1 | ||
| Powerplant: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-86 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 1200 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 910 miles | 1,465 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 148 mph | 238 km/h | 128 kt |
| Max Speed: | 318 mph | 512 km/h | 276 kt |
| Climb: | 1,950 ft/min | 594 m/min | |
| Ceiling: | 34,000 ft | 10,363 m | |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| National Air and Space Museum | Washington | Dist of Col |
| Valiant Air Command Museum | Titusville | Florida |
FM-1 on display
Valiant Air Command Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Garry Kelly Florence, OR | When I was a student in Carpinteria CA elementary School from 1940-44, our school principal, Frank Wykoff, may have witnessed a midair collision near Santa Barbara CA which resulted in one of the planes crashing in the Santa Ynez mountains. My father took me to the crash site, which was cordoned off, some days or weeks after the crash. My recollection was that the plane was a P-38 Lightning, but I am now wondering if it could have been the General Motors FM-1 Wildcat which crashed on July 14, 1943. Any information on the circumstances of that crash? 04/16/2007 @ 13:59 [ref: 16200] |
