20" wing span.
History: The F-11F-1 origins from the Grumman design G-98 and first flew on 30 July 1954. The Tiger operated as a day fighter and is manned by one pilot. Some 201 F-11F-1s (199 F-11F-1s and 2 F-11F-1F) were built until the Navy began to phase out the Tiger during 1959. In 1962 the F-11F-1 was redesignated F-11A. From 1957 to 1968 the Navy's Blue Angels aerobatic team flew the Tiger.
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Date: Thursday, May 7, 2009, 5:20 PM
Dear Sir:
My heart jumped when I saw that you sold Berkeley plans to the F11F-1. When I was only 11 my then brother-in-law gave me the kit to keep me busy while my mom helped my sister through the first few weeks of being a new mother. My work was terrible but having an older man give me pointers when he could sneak away from the main room was the closest thing to mentoring in the hobby I ever had.
My sister, some years my senior broke my plane and tore up the plans in a rage because my mom had brought me with her from the coast to Kansas. I gathered up everything and promised that someday I would repair and rebuild the mess. I never did but the love of balsa and model airplanes was in my blood as sure as any virus.
When I saw your web page I could only hope I could still make a plan purchase. Do I send you a check and you send me a password to down load the plan? Can you let me know so I can send you the money? Good luck. Would you please let me know? I am a little confused by the different web sites.
P.S When I was in Viet Nam in 1966 I told a friend about the duct fan line and we spent a lot of time “day dreaming” about what could be done with the A6, Phantom and etc. 30 years later I met him when a friend brought him to our flying site in Corona, CA. The world is a very small place sometimes. I hope all your hard work pays off for you and your gesture to our boys (and girls) in uniform made me take a quick breath and my eyes water. Good for you!
Thanks,
Ken Kepner
T-2J-1 Trainer
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As you can "planely" see, I NEVER work with Berkeley copies. This allows me to produce the finest Berkeley plans in the world and minimize any corrections and repairs that need be done due to age, storage, handling, original defects and bugs. Combined with my college educated drafting knowledge, my invaluable computer skills, years of experience, a very powerful Dell computer, love of work and pride in ones plans. It is no wonder that other others proclaim me to be #1
T-33A "SHOOTING STAR"
29" wing span. Length 28". Power; .049 ducted fan.
HISTORY: The two-place T-33 jet was designed for training pilots already qualified to fly propeller-driven aircraft. It was developed from the single-seat F-80 fighter by lengthening the fuselage slightly more than three feet to accommodate a second cockpit. Originally designated the TF-80C, the T-33 made its first flight in March 1948. Production continued until August 1959 with 5,691 T-33s built. In addition to its use as a trainer, the T-33 has been used for such tasks as drone director and target towing, and in some countries even as a combat aircraft. The RT-33A version, reconnaissance aircraft produced primarily for use by foreign countries, had a camera installed in the nose and additional equipment in the rear cockpit. The T-33 is one of the world's best known aircraft, having served with the air forces of more than 20 different countries for almost 40 years. Many are still in use throughout the world.
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Crusader
HISTORY: The Vought F-8 Crusader was one of the first truly supersonic carrier-based fighter aircraft. It was built in large quantity and had a significant operational history - in service as a dogfighter, strike aircraft, and reconnaissance platform - that is only now coming to a close.
The Crusader began life as a US Navy requirement issued in September, 1952, for a carrier-based fighter capable of a top speed greater than Mach 1. Eight aircraft manufacturers participated in the competition, among them Chance-Vought.
The Chance-Vought design was revolutionary, a great step forward in the state of the art; the Navy was quick to see its promise, and announced it the winner of the competition in May, 1953. This was followed on 29 June by a Navy contract requiring Chance-Vought to build two prototypes of an aircraft with the designation XF8U-1.
The first prototype was rolled out in February, 1955, and took to the air on 25 March, breaking Mach 1 during this initial flight - making it the first fighter designed for shipboard operation to fly faster than sound.
The F8U-1 was followed by an improved variant, the F8U-1E, which had an improved radar system (and so a bigger plastic nose-cone), giving it limited all-weather capability. The first F8U-1E - a modified production F8U-1 - flew in early September, 1958; 130 would be built in all.
American aircraft had been quietly operating in the festering war in Southeast Asia since 1962; in June, 1964, an RF-8A had been shot down over Laos.
The Crusader was used by both US Marine and Navy detachments during the war. The Marines used the aircraft largely in the attack role, for support of their ground forces in South Vietnam. In Navy hands, the Crusader was operated more as a dogfighter -- wing pylons were rarely fitted to Navy Crusaders -- and racked up scores against North Vietnamese MiGs -- though enemy fighter opposition was never more than a serious nuisance, with most American air losses due to an impressive system of ground defenses.
The success of the F-8 Crusader in air combat led to an intense rivalry with pilots of the F-4 Phantom. In the early part of the war, Crusaders won the contest hands down, though their victories all occurred in the period 1966 through 1968. They shot down at least 18 MiGs. But the Vietnam War was the high tide of the Crusader; increasingly replaced by its rival, the F-4, by 1972 the fighter versions of the F-8 were being phased out of service.
Wing Span 27" Engines .049 shown
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Temco TT-1 Pinto
30" wing span. Length 30". Power: JETEX rocket engine powered.
HISTORY: The United States Air Force issued a requirement in 1952 for a jet-powered primary trainer, and Texas Engineering and Manufacturing Company (Temco) responded with a design it labeled the Model 51 "Pinto." Powered by a Continental J69-T-9 turbojet, the Pinto was a tricycle-geared mid-wing cantilever monoplane, with tandem seating for the instructor and student in an enclosed cockpit. First flown in March of 1956, the prototype was tested by the U. S. Navy, which subsequently ordered 14 of the aircraft under the designation TT-1, to study the feasibility of using jet aircraft for primary training. No additional TT-1 Pinto aircraft were manufactured. With the single Continental engine, the aircraft's performance capabilities included a maximum airspeed of 345 mph, a service ceiling of 32,200 ft. and a sea-level endurance of 1 hour, 30 minutes. Also under development in response to the 1952 Air Force requirement was the Cessna T-37, a primary jet trainer powered by two Continental J69-T-9 turbojets, instead of the Pinto's one. That aircraft was accepted by the Air Force, with two prototypes being ordered, the first of which flew in October of 1954. Thus, in a situation where Temco appears to have entered the competition with too little, too late, the TT-1 Pinto had a very limited life. Of the original Pintos, at least seven have passed on to civilian hands and at least four have been modified into Super Pintos by the replacement of the original engine with a 2,850-pound thrust J-85/CJ610 engine, and an increase in fuel capacity to 196 US gallons. This extraordinary thrust increase resulted in a cruise speed of 400 mph, a top speed of 550 mph, a rate of climb of 10,000 feet per minute, and a minimum (lightweight) takeoff roll of only 500 feet, making it one of the world's ultimate aerial sports-cars.
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And for the umteenth time,,, NO!
The kit and engine are not included!
And you drive?
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