Chicagoland's Only Aviation Museum
F4F-3 Wildcat
F4F-3 Wildcat
Artist Concept of the Butch O'Hare Exhibit
Currently this airplane is on display at O'Hare airport located in terminal
2. Air Classics Museum managed the project that brought this airplane to
O'Hare.
Specifications:
- Type - Fighter
- Manufacturer - Gumman Aircraft
- Designation - F4F-3
- Nickname - Wildcat
- Dimensions
- Span - 38 ft (11.58m)
- Length -28 ft 10 in (8.79 m)
- Height - 11 ft 9 in (3.58 m)
- Weight - 8,163 lb. max. (3,702 kg)
- Armament - 4 x 12.7mm machine guns; 200 lb. (91 kg) of bombs
- Engine - Pratt & Whitney R-1830-76 Double Wasp, 14-cylinders, Radial,
Air Cooled, 1,200 hp.
- Maximum speed - 330 mph (531 km/h).
- Range 1,840 nautical miles
- Service Ceiling: 37,500 ft.
- Crew - 1
Air Classics Museum of Aviation
43W624 US Route 30
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