Hobby Master HA5256, F-14A "Sukhoi Killer" 160403, VF-41, USS Nimitz, Aug 1981

Description: Brand: Hobby Master Model: HA5256, F-14A "Sukhoi Killer" 160403, VF-41, USS Nimitz, August 1981 Material: Diecast Type: Military Aircraft Scale: 1/72 Length: 26.5cm, Wingspan:27.1cm (Swept:16.2), Height:6.8cm [Stock Available. Original, Brand new and unused] Features: Authentic 1/72 Scale. Die-cast Display Model. Premium Quality Product. Professionally painted. Great attention to detail. All markings are Tampoed (pad applied). Option to display the model on a stand that is provided. Model can be shown with the landing gear in the down or up positions. Canopy can be displayed open or closed. Pilot figure included. Extremely heavy metal with a minimum of plastic. Highly collectable. Background: The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a twin-engine, variable sweep wings capable of supersonic flight. The aircraft is crewed by a Pilot and a Radar Intercept Officer who share the tasks of navigation, target acquisition, ECM and weapons usage. The Tomcat was operated by the United States Navy and the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force only. The name "Tomcat" is said to come from the call-sign used by Vice Admiral Thomas Connolly which conformed to the USN tradition of giving Grumman aircraft feline names. 160403 – American Airpower Heritage Museum, Midland, Texas. It is one of the aircraft involved in 1981 Gulf of Sidra incident. In the first Gulf of Sidra incident, 19 August 1981, two Libyan Su-22 Fitters fired upon two U.S. F-14 Tomcats and were subsequently shot down off the Libyan coast. Libya had claimed that the entire Gulf was their territory, at 32° 30′ N, with an exclusive 62-nautical-mile (115 km; 71 mi) fishing zone, which Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi asserted as "The Line of Death" in 1973. Two further incidents occurred in the area in 1986 and in 1989. On the morning of 19 August, after having diverted a number of Libyan "mock" attacks on the battle group the previous day, two F-14s from VF-41 "Black Aces", Fast Eagle 102 (CDR Henry 'Hank' Kleemann/LT David 'DJ' Venlet) (flying BuNo 160403) and Fast Eagle 107 (LT Lawrence 'Music' Muczynski/LTJG James 'Luca' Anderson) (in BuNo 160390), were flying a combat air patrol (CAP), ostensibly to cover aircraft engaged in a missile exercise. However, U.S. Navy Commander Thompson S. Sanders wrote in Air & Space/Smithsonian that his S-3A Viking's mission was the real precursor to this incident. Sanders was ordered to fly his Viking in a "racetrack" orbit (oval pattern) inside Gaddafi's claimed zone but outside the internationally recognized 12-mile (19 km) territorial water limit to try to provoke the Libyans to react. An E-2C Hawkeye alerted Sanders that two Sukhoi Su-22 fighters had taken off from Ghurdabiyah Air Base near the city of Sirte. Specifications : Role: Carrier-based multi-role strike fighter First Flight: F-14A 1970, F-14B (F-14A+) 1986, F-14D 1990 Last Production Year: F-14D July 20, 1992 Number All Variants Produced: 710 Crew: 2 (pilot and radar intercept officer) Dimensions Length: 62 ft 8 inches Wingspan (Swept): 38 ft 2.5 inches Wingspan (Unswept): 64 ft 1.5 inches Height: 16 ft Performance Powerplants: F-14A 2 x P&W TF-30-P414A F-14B 2 x GE F-110-GE-400 F-14D 2 x GE F-110-GE-400 Maximum Thrust: F-14A 34,154 lbs F-14B 56,400 lbs F-14D 56,400 lbs Maximum Speed: F-14A 1,544 mph (Mach 2.38) F-14B 1,544 mph (Mach 2.38) F-14D 1,544 mph (Mach 2.38) Ceiling: F-14A 50,000+ ft F-14B 53,000+ ft F-14D 53,000+ ft Range: F-14A 1,730 nm F-14B 2,050 nm F-14D 2,050 nm Weights Empty: F-14A 40,104 pounds F-14B 41,780 pounds F-14D 43,735 pounds Maximum: F-14A 72,000 pounds F-14B 74,349 pounds F-14D 74,349 pounds Armament: 1 x MK-61A1 Vulcan 20mm cannon Maximum Weight: 13,000 lbs. 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Price: 121 USD

Location: HK

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