We invite you to join us in our mission to conserve

and restore the Museum’s aircraft collection, by

donating to the Aircraft Restoration Hangar Project.
Visit us at intrepidmuseum.org and click on
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W. 46th Street and 12th Avenue, New York City

COLLECTION
WELCOME ABOARD
The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum has one of the most varied
aircraft collections on the East Coast. All five of the U.S. armed
forces are represented through these displays: the Army, Marine
Corps, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard.
A number of international aircraft are also presented. The
national flags shown represent the country corresponding to
the aircraft markings as displayed at the Intrepid Museum and
not necessarily the country of design or manufacture. For each
aircraft you will notice that a specific year is indicated. This is the
year that the original type was introduced to active service.
From the Avenger torpedo bomber, a stalwart from Intrepid’s World
War II service, to the A-12 Blackbird, the spy plane from the Cold
War, the collection reflects some of the greatest achievements in
military aviation.
On the pier next to Intrepid is another icon of aviation, the British
Aerospace/Aerospatiale Concorde. Part of the Museum’s collection
since its retirement in 2003, our Concorde, “Alpha Delta,” is
the very airplane that set a world’s speed record for passenger
airliners on February 7, 1996, when it flew from New York to
London in 2 hours, 52 minutes and 59 seconds.
Our newest addition on the flight deck, housed in our Space
Shuttle Pavilion, is the space shuttle Enterprise, the prototype
NASA orbiter that paved the way for the Space Shuttle Program.
This booklet describes in detail the specifications for each of the
aircraft included in the Museum’s collection. Get to know the
aircraft and the stories of the men who flew them.
RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION
The preservation of outdoor display aircraft is an enormous
challenge. Most of the aircraft collection is subjected to the
damaging effects of adverse weather and the relentless forces of
natural deterioration. The diligent work of the small full-time staff
is supplemented by a dedicated volunteer crew. The volunteers
are trained in many of the sciences in order to maintain the
aircraft, including the science of metallurgy and the science of
organic chemical reactions on aircraft components. With the staff,
they identify damage and engineer and fabricate replacement
parts. They apply compounds and corrosion preventive coatings
to protect the aircraft and its parts. The preservation of the
display aircraft at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is an

BEFORE
ongoing effort. You may even see the restoration crew at work
during your visit. Check out the Aircraft Restoration facility on the
flight deck.

Intrepid Museum is building an Aircraft Restoration Hangar on the

flight deck that will span over 5,000 square feet. It will include
space for the restoration, conservation and maintenance of the
Museum’s unique collection of historic aircraft, a classroom for
educational programs and a viewing area for visitors to see
on-going restoration work.

Donate today by visiting intrepidmuseum.org and click on

“Give and Join” to learn more.

AFTER
Grumman/Eastern Aircraft
TBM-3E Avenger 1942 USA

• Length: 40 ft 11 in (12.4 m)
• Wingspan: 54 ft 2 in (16.5 m)
• Height: 16 ft (5 m)

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Max Weight:................17,895 lb (8,115 kg)
• Top Speed: ................ 276 mph (444 kph)
• Ceiling: ....................30,100 ft (9,174 m)
• Armament: .50 caliber machine gun in ball turret, 2x .50
caliber wing-mounted machine guns, 2,000 lb (907 kg)
of wing-mounted rockets, drop tanks, radar pod, bombs
or one torpedo

DID YOU KNOW?

President George H. W. Bush flew this type of airplane.
 Piasecki
(HUP-2) UH-25 Retriever 1949 USA

4 m) • Length: 32 ft (9.8 m)
.5 m) • Height: 12.5 ft (3.8 m)
• Rotor Span: 35 ft (10.7 m)

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Max Weight:................5,750 lb (1,205 kg)
• Top Speed: ................ 108 mph (174 kph)
• Ceiling: ....................10,200 ft (3,110 m)
• Armament:. .............. None

DID YOU KNOW?

The rotor blades could be folded when the craft was
lowered to the hangar deck, making this helicopter a very
small machine that could be easily stowed aboard carriers
and even on smaller ships.
Sikorsky
(HRS-1) H-19 Chickasaw 1950 USA

• Length: 62.5 ft (19.1 m)

• Height:: 13.3 ft (4.07 m)
• Rotor span: 53 ft (16.16 m)

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Max Weight:................7,200 lb (3,266 kg)
• Top Speed: ................ 101 mph (163 kph)
• Ceiling: ....................10,500 ft (3,200 m)
• Armament:. .............. None

DID YOU KNOW?

A post-World War II passenger helicopter, this very
helicopter made one of the last operational missions of
its type when it flew an ice reconnaissance flight over
the Hudson River during the winter of 1965.
Mikoyan Gurevich
MiG-17 (NATO code name Fresco) 1952 North Vietnam

• Length: 36.5 ft (11.1 m)

• Wingspan: 31.5 ft (9.64 m)
• Height: 12.5 ft (3.81 m)

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Max Weight:................13,379 lb (6,069 kg)
• Top Speed: ................ 711 mph (1,145 kph)
• Ceiling: ....................54,460 ft (16,600 m)
• Armament: 3x NR-23 23 mm cannons, 1,102 lb
(460 kg) of rockets and bombs

DID YOU KNOW?

On October 19, 1966, four of Intrepid’s piston-
engine Douglas Skyraiders fought four jet MiG-17s.
The Skyraiders were credited with shooting down
one of those MiGs and damaging two others.
Beech
T-34A Mentor 1953 USA

• Length: 25.9 ft (7.9 m)

• Wingspan: 32.8 ft (10 m)
• Height: 9.5 ft (2.9 m)

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Max Weight:................3,000
3,000 lb (1,360 kg)
• Top Speed: ................ 191 mph (307 kph)
• Ceiling: ....................20,000 ft (6,096 m)
• Armament:. .............. None

DID YOU KNOW?

The T-34 is a military training aircraft derived from the
civilian Beechcraft Model 35, V-tail Bonanza.
Grumman
(F9F-8) AF-9J Cougar 1954 USA

• Length: 42 ft 2 in (12.9 m)
• Wingspan: 34 ft 6 in (10.5 m)
• Height: 12 ft 3 in (3.7 m)

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Max Weight:................24,763 lb (11,232 kg)
• Top Speed: ................ 647 mph (1,041 kph)
• Ceiling: ....................42,000 ft (12,800 m)
• Armament: 4x 20 mm cannons, 2,000 lb (908 kg) of
under-wing ordnance, including 4x AIM-9 Sidewinder
missiles

DID YOU KNOW?

This aircraft was retired from active service in 1965
and loaned to the town of Wall Township, New Jersey
where it was displayed at what is still to this day called
“Airplane Park.”
North American
FJ-3 Fury 1955 USA

• Length: 37 ft 7 in (11.4 m)
• Wingspan: 37 ft 1 in (11.3 m)
• Height: 13 ft 7 in (4.1 m)

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Max Weight:................17,179 lb (7,791 kg)
• Top Speed: ................ 681 mph (1,096 kph)
• Ceiling: ....................49,000 ft (14,934 m)
• Armament: 4x 20 mm cannons, 3,000 lb (1,360 kg)
of under-wing ordnance, including 4x AIM-9
Sidewinder missiles

DID YOU KNOW?

The Fury was flown by 21 carrier-based fighter
squadrons, including VF-33, assigned to Intrepid
in 1957.
 McDonnell
(F3H-2N) F-3B Demon 1956 USA

m) • Length: 58 ft 11 in (17.9 m)
.3 m) • Wingspan: 35 ft 4 in (10.7 m)
) • Height: 14 ft 7 in (4.4 m)

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Max Weight:................33,900 lb (15,374 kg)
• Top Speed: ................ 647 mph (1,041 kph)
• Ceiling: ....................42,650 ft (12,999 m)
• Armament: 4x 20 mm Colt Mk 12 cannons, 6,000 lb
(2,720 kg) of bombs, 4x AIM-7 Sparrow (F3H-2M) or
2x AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

DID YOU KNOW?

The Demon was the first U.S. Navy jet which was
comparable in all respects to its land-based
contemporaries. It was a major design and evolutionary
link to McDonnell’s phenomenal F-4 Phantom.
Grumman
(F11F-1) F-11A Tiger 1956 USA

• Length: 47 ft (14.3 m)
• Wingspan: 31.5 ft (9.6 m)
• Height: 13.3 ft (4.5 m)

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Max Weight:................24,078 lb (10, 919 kg)
• Top Speed: ................ 753 mph (1,212 kph)
• Ceiling: ....................42,000 ft (12,800 m)
• Armament: 4x 20 mm cannon, 4x AIM-9
Sidewinder missiles

DID YOU KNOW?

The Tiger was used throughout the 1960s by the Blue
Angels flight demonstration team, and this aircraft was
used as solo #5 during the 1961–1963 show seasons.
Douglas
(A4D-2) A-4B Skyhawk 1956 USA

• Length: 39 ft 4 in (11.9 m)
• Wingspan: 27 ft 6 in (8.3 m)
• Height: 15 ft (4.5 m)

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Max Weight:................18,300 lb (8,318 kg)
• Top Speed: ................ 675 mph (1,086 kph)
• Ceiling: ....................47,900 ft (14,599 m)
• Armament: 2x 20 mm Colt Mk 12 cannons with
100 rounds per gun, 10,000 lb (4,500 kg) of bombs,
rockets, fuel tanks and missiles

DID YOU KNOW?

The wing of the A-4 Skyhawk is shaped like a triangle.
Called a modified delta wing, it has a span of only 27.6 ft
(8.3m), and did not require heavy complicated folding
mechanisms to fit in the hangar deck of aircraft carriers.
Vought
(F8U-1) F-8K Crusader 1957 USA

• Length: 54 ft 3 in (16.5 m)
• Wingspan: 35 ft 8 in (10.8 m)
• Height: 15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Max Weight:................29,000 lb (13,155 kg)
• Top Speed: ................ 1,322 mph (2,128 kph)
• Ceiling: ....................52,350 ft (15,956 m)
• Armament: 4x 20 mm Colt Mk 12 cannons with 144
rounds per gun, 4x AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles and
8x Zuni rockets

DID YOU KNOW?

The Crusader became the first aircraft to break the
sound barrier on its maiden flight. The Crusader would
become the fastest aircraft ever to be assigned to
operate on Intrepid.
Grumman
(WF-2) E-1B Tracer 1958 USA

• Length: 45 ft 4 in (13.8 m)
• Wingspan: 72 ft 17 in (22.3 m)
• Height: 16 ft 10 in (5.1 m)

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Max Weight:................26,800 lb (12,156 kg)
• Top Speed: ................ 253 mph (407 kph)
• Ceiling: ....................22,000 ft (4,815 m)
• Armament:. .............. None

DID YOU KNOW?

The E-1B Tracer has a large aerodynamic radome over
the wing. This massive dish-type radar system has a
search radius of some 250 miles (405km).
Mikoyan Gurevich
MiG-21 PFM (NATO code name Fishbed F) 1959 Poland

• Length: 51 ft 8.5 in (15.7 m)

• Wingspan: 23 ft 5.5 in (7.1 m)
• Height: 13 ft 5.5 in (4.1 m)

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Max Weight:................20,723 lb (9,398 kg)
• Top Speed: ................ 1,385 mph (2,228 kph)
• Ceiling: ....................50,030 ft (15,248 m)
• Armament: Centerline single or twin-barrel 23 mm cannon,
up to 4,400 lb (2,000 kg) of weapons on the fuselage
centerline or 4x under-wing hardpoints

DID YOU KNOW?

This MiG-21 is painted in a high-visibility paint scheme
to represent its use by the Polish Air Force in NATO Tiger
Meet competitions.
Bell
UH-1A Iroquois “Huey” 1959 USA

• Length: 38 ft 5 in (11.7 m)
• Height: 12 ft (3.6 m)
• Rotor span: 44 ft (13.4 m)

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Max Weight:................9,500 lb (4,309 kg)
• Top Speed: ................ 141 mph (227 kph)
• Ceiling: ....................14,400 ft (4,388 m)
• Armament: None, but in later models: 1x 7.62 mm
M240 machine gun, or 1x 7.62 mm GAU-17 machine gun,
2x 7-shot or 19-shot 2.75 in (70 mm) rocket pod

DID YOU KNOW?

The Huey was the first turbine-equipped Bell helicopter
to go into production.
McDonnell
F-4N Phantom II 1960 USA

• Length: 58 ft 3 in (17.7 m)
• Wingspan: 38 ft 4 in (11.6 m)
• Height: 16 ft 3 in (4.9 m)

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Max Weight:................58,000 lb (26,303 kg)
• Top Speed: ................ 1,500 mph (2,415 kph)
• Ceiling: ....................50,000 ft (15,239 m)
• Armament: 4x AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, 1x AGM-65
Maverick missile, 1x AGM-88 HARM missile, 18,650 lb
(8,460 kg) of mixed ordnance

DID YOU KNOW?

Developed for the U.S. Navy, the Phantom was one of
the first fighters adopted by multiple armed services.
More than 5,000 were produced and flown by American
and foreign armed forces.
Sikorsky
HH-52A Sea Guardian 1961 USA

• Length: 44.5 ft (13.57 m)

• Height: 16 ft (4.88 m)
• Rotor span: 53 ft (16.16 m)

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Max Weight:................8,100 lb (3,682 kg)
• Top Speed: ................ 104 mph (167 kph)
• Ceiling: ....................11,200 ft (3,410 m)
• Armament:. .............. None

DID YOU KNOW?

HH-52s are directly credited with saving more than
15,000 people from life-threatening circumstances
and assisting an additional 25,000 people in dangerous
situations.
Dassault
Étendard IVM 1962 France

• Length: 47 ft (14.4 m)
• Wingspan: 31.5 ft (9.6 m)
• Height: 12.5 ft (3.8 m)

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Max Weight:................22,656 lb (10,275 kg)
• Top Speed: ................ 590 mph (1,100 kph)
• Ceiling: ....................50,800 ft (15,500 m)
• Armament: 2x 30 mm DEFA cannons, 4,600 lb
(2,100 kg) of bombs, rockets and missiles, including
the Exocet air-to-surface missile

DID YOU KNOW?

This French name means battle-standard or battle-flag.
Grumman
A-6E Intruder 1963 USA

• Length: 54 ft 7 in (16.6 m)
• Wingspan: 53 ft (16.2 m)
• Height: 15 ft 7 in (4.75 m)

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Max Weight:................34,996 lb (15,870 kg)
• Top Speed: ................ 646 mph (1,040 kph)
• Ceiling: ....................40,600 ft (12,400 m)
• Armament: 18,000 lb (8,160 kg) of bombs,
rockets and missiles

DID YOU KNOW?

This aircraft entered fleet service in 1963 as the world’s
first all-weather strike and attack aircraft.
 Lockheed A-12
Project Oxcart “Blackbird” 1967

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Max Weight:................120,000 lb (54,421 kg)
• Top Speed: ................ 2,269 mph (3,651 kph)
• Ceiling: ....................84,978 ft (25,908 m)
• Armament: 3,500 lb (1,590 kg) of imaging sensors
 USA

• Length: 102 ft (31 m)

• Wingspan: 55 ft 7 in (16.9 m)
• Height: 18 ft 3 in (5.5 m)

DID YOU KNOW?

The A-12 Blackbird was equipped with high-power
cameras that could take photos from 80,000 ft
(24,384m).

At the rate of speed and altitude the A-12 flew,

this would create tremendous friction with the
air that would heat up the plane’s skin to over
1,000° F (438° C).
British Aerospace/McDonnell-Douglas
AV-8C Harrier 1969 United Kingdom USA

• Length: 45 ft (13.7 m)
• Wingspan: 25 ft (7.6 m)
• Height: 11 ft (3.3 m)

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Max Weight:................26,000 lb (11,791 kg)
• Top Speed:...............661 mph (1,060 kph)
• Ceiling: ....................75,000 ft (22,860 m)
• Armament: 2x 30 mm cannons, 9,000 lb external
ordnance

DID YOU KNOW?

The AV-8C Harrier has the ability to land and take off
vertically.
Bell
AH-1J Sea Cobra 1971 USA

• Length: 44 ft (13.5 m)
• Height: 13.5 ft (4.1 m)
• Rotor span: 44 ft (13.4 m)

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Max Weight:................9,979 lb (4,536 kg)
• Top Speed:...............219 mph (352 kph)
• Ceiling: ....................11,398 ft (3,475 m)
• Armament: M197 three barrel 20 mm gun with 750
rounds of ammo, under-wing attachments for 4x TOW
missiles, 8x Hellfire missiles, or AIM-9L Sidewinder
missile or Zuni rocket launcher

DID YOU KNOW?

The U.S. Marine Corps still flies a variant of this
helicopter, the AH-1W Super Cobra.
Grumman
F-14 Tomcat 1974 USA

• Length: 61 ft 9 in (18.6 m)
• Wingspan: 64 ft (19 m)
• Height: 16 ft (4.8 m)

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Max Weight:................61,000 lb (28,000 kg)
• Top Speed:...............1,544 mph (2,485 kph)
• Ceiling: ....................50,000 ft (16,000 m)
• Armament: M61 Vulcan 20 mm cannon, AIM-54 Phoenix, Mk-
83 and Mk-84 series bombs

DID YOU KNOW?

The Tomcat was the fighter plane featured in the film
Top Gun.
Israel Aircraft Industries
Kfir C-2 1976 Israel

• Length: 53.5 ft (16.3 m)

• Wingspan: 27 ft (8.2 m)
• Height: 15 ft (4.57 m)

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Max Weight:................36,376 lb (16,500 kg)
• Top Speed:...............1,750 mph (2,816 kph)
• Ceiling: ....................58,000 ft (17,700 m)
• Armament: 2x 30 mm cannon, 13,415 lb (6,085 kg) of
mixed ordnance of bombs, rockets and missiles

DID YOU KNOW? Between 1985 and 1989 the U.S.

Navy and Marine Corps leased 12 Kfirs from Israel to be
used for training in what is called Dissimilar Air Combat
Training. Given the designation F-21A, the Kfirs gave
the American pilots experience against an adversary of
unknown capability.
General Dynamics
F-16A Fighting Falcon 1978 USA

• Length: 49 ft 3 in (15 m)
• Wingspan: 31 ft (9.4 m)
• Height: 16 ft 8 in (5 m)

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Max Weight:................25,971 lb (11,778 kg)
• Top Speed: .............1,320 mph (2,125 kph)
• Ceiling: ....................55,000 ft (15,240 m)
• Armament: M61 Vulcan 20 mm, 6x AIM-9 Sidewinder
missiles, 6x AGM-65 Maverick, 4x AGM-88 HARM, 4x
AGM-119 Penguin, various bombs including the Paveway
series laser-guided bombs and B61 nuclear bombs

DID YOU KNOW?

The Falcon is nicknamed “Viper” after the “viper”
fighters in the 1970s science fiction television series
Battlestar Galactica.
Aermacchi
MB-339 1979 Italy

• Length: 36.8 ft (11.22 m)

• Wingspan: 36.8 ft (11.22 m)
• Height: 12.8 ft (3.9 m)

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Max Weight:................14,000 lb (6,350 kg)
• Top Speed:...............496 mph (920 kph)
• Ceiling: ....................46,000 ft (14,020 m)
• Armament: 4,000 lb (1,815 kg) of mixed ordnance of
bombs, rockets, and missiles

DID YOU KNOW?

An Italian Air Force aircraft, the Museum’s MB-339
is painted in the colors of the “Frecce Tricolore,”
the Three Colored Arrows of the Italian Air Force air
demonstration team.
British Aerospace/Aérospatiale
Concorde 1976

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Capacity: ...................100 passengers and 2.5 tons of cargo
• Cruising Speed:........ 1,350 mph (2,150 kph/Mach Two)
• Cruising Altitude: .... 60,000 ft (18,181 m)
• Fuel Capacity: ............31,568 gal (119,500 liters)
• Fuel Consumption:... 6,770 gal (25,629 liters) per hour

DID YOU KNOW?

Due to friction heating, the Concorde expanded
in length approximately eight inches (20.32cm)
during flight.
 United Kingdom France

• Length: 203.75 ft (62.1 m)

• Wingspan: 83.7 ft (25.5 m)
• Height: 37.1 ft (11.3 m)

• Range: .................... 4,300 mi (6,880 km)

• Max Weight: ........... 408,000 lb (185,065 kg)
• Flight Crew:............... Three (two pilots and one
flight engineer)
• Cabin Crew:.............. Six
Space Shuttle Orbiter
Enterprise 1977

SPECIFICATIONS:
• Weight: .......................150,000 lb (68,180 kg)
• Top Speed: ................ 310 mph (499kph)
This was top speed during the Approach and Landing Test
program; Enterprise could reach speeds above 470 mph
(756 kph) atop the Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.

DID YOU KNOW? Enterprise was the 1977 experimental

prototype for orbital space shuttles that followed in 1981.
During test flights atop a converted Boeing 747 carrier aircraft,
 USA

• Length: 122 ft (37.2 m)

(with tailcone): 137 ft (41.76 m)
• Wingspan: 78 ft (23.8 m)
• Height: 56.5 ft (17.25 m)

• Ceiling: .........................26,000 ft (7,925 m)

This was the highest altitude that Enterprise was released
from during the Approach and Landing Test program.

Enterprise sometimes flew with an aerodynamic tailcone

attached, as did subsequent orbital shuttles when they were
ferried with that type of carrier plane.