Quonset Air Museum - Grumman Hellcat Restoration
Bill Maloney 5/10/2009 |
01 Hellcat Cockpit | 02 Hellcat Fuselage | 03 Hellcat Wing | 04 Hellcat Stabilizer |
05 Hellcat Wing Center Section | 06 Hellcat Pilot's Seat Armor |
Grumman F6F Hellcat Fighters at other Aviation Museums in the Northeast |
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A WWII Grumman F6F Hellcat at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, LI | Another Grumman F6F Hellcat can be found at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, CT |
A Grumman F6F Hellcat Replica at the 1941 Historic Aircraft Group Museum in Geneseo, NY | A one-off 3/4 scale Grumman F6F Hellcat replica can be found at the Quonset Air Museum in North Kingston, RI |
Length: 33 feet, 7 inches
Wingspan: 42 feet, 10 inches
Height: 13 feet, 1 inches
Crew: 1
Weight: Empty - 9,200lbs Max Takeoff - 15,400lbs
Max Speed: 380mph
Cruise Speed: 170mph
Range: 940 miles
Service Ceiling: 37,000 feet
Fuel Capacity: 147 gallons
Powerplant: Wright R-2800 Air Cooled Radial Engine 2,000hp
Armament:
Six 50cal Browning Machine Guns
First Flight : 1942
Cost: $
These Grumman F6F parts and sections were recovered from or reproduced to replace damaged sections of a Hellcat recovered from the waters just off Martha's Vineyard in 1993. So far the majority of the parts have been fabricated from scratch due to the deterioration of the original airframe.
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