1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum - Other Exhibits / 09 Air-2 A Genie Rocket
Bill Maloney 9/21/2009 |
More AIR-2 Genie Nuclear Air Launched Missiles at other aviation museums in the northeast |
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Another Douglas Air-2 Genie Nuclear Missile can be found at the Air Mobility Command Museum in Dover, DE | An Air-2 Genie Nuclear Missile at the Vermont Militia Museum in Essex Junction, VT |
Length: 9 feet 7 inches
Wingspan: 3 foot 4 inches
Diameter: 17 inches
Weight: 830 lbs
Max Speed: Mach 3
Range: 6 miles
Powerplant: Thiokol TU-289 solid propellant rocket motor 36,000lbs thrust
Guidance: Unguided
Warhead:
Nuclear 1.5 kiloton yeild
First Flight : 1957
Cost: $11,000
Here's a Youtube video of an AIR-2 Genie Nuclear rocket being tested on an F-104 Starfighter. Another video of AIR-2 Genie rockets being test fired.