Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum - Canadair CF-5 Freedom Fighter
Bill Maloney
1/22/2010

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01 Canadair CF5 Freedom Fighter 02 Canadair CF5 Freedom Fighter 03 Canadair CF5 Freedom Fighter 04 Canadair CF5 Main Gear
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05 Canadair CF5 Nose Wheel 06 Canadair CF5 Jet Intake 07 Canadair CF5 Canopy 08 Canadair CF5 Refuelling Probe
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09 Canadair CF5 Tail 10 Canadair F5 Freedom Fighter 11 Canadair CF5 Wing 12 Canadair CF5 Nose
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13 Canadair CF-5 Freedom Fighter 14 Canadair CF-5 Freedom Fighter

Canadair CF-5 Freedom Fighter Specifications:

Other Northrop and Canadair F5 variants in other Aviation Museums
Canadair F5 Freedom Fighter Northrop F5E Tiger
Canadair CF5 at the Canadian Aviation Museum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Northrop F5E Tiger at the Empire State Aerosciences Museum in Schenectady, NY
Northrop F5 Freedom Fighter Northrop T-38 Talon
Northrop F5 Freedom Fighter at the Naval Air Station, Wildwood, NJ Northrop T-38 Talon at the US Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH
  Canadair CF-116 Freedom Fighter
  Canadair CF5 at the Royal Canadian Air Force Museum in Trenton, Ontario, Canada

Length: 46 feet 4 inches
Wingspan:
25 feet, 3 inches
Height:
12 feet, 10 inches
Crew:
1
Weight:
Empty 7,164 lbs Loaded - 12,000 lbs
Max Speed: 812 mph
Cruise Speed: 578 mph
Range: 1,900 miles
Service Ceiling: 45,000 feet
Fuel Capacity: 1,133 gallons internally and externally
Powerplant: Two General Electric J85-GE-5A turbojets 3,850 lbs thrust each with afterburner
Armament:
 SUU-20 bomb/rocket dispenser
 SUU-11A/A 7.62mm gun pod
 AF/B37K-1 bomb container
First Flight : April 1959
Cost: $769,000

Here's an F-5 Freedom Fighter Youtube video of a Norwegian example taxiing and taking off and doing flybys at an airshow. One more Youtube F5 Freedom Fighter video of Swiss F-5s doing flybys and gunnery practice.

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