US Air Force Museum - Modern Flight - North American F-82B Twin Mustang
Bill Maloney 1/21/2007 |
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01 F-82B Twin Mustang | 02 F-82B Twin Mustang | 03 F-82B | 04 F-82B |
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05 F-82B Twin Mustang |
Length: 38 feet 1 inch
Wingspan: 51 feet, 3 inches
Height: 13 feet, 8 inches
Crew: 2
Weight: Empty 15,200lbs Loaded - 24,800 lbs
Max Speed: 482 mph
Cruise Speed: 280 mph
Range: 2,200 miles
Service Ceiling: 39,000 feet
Fuel Capacity: 2,215 gallons total internal and external tanks
Powerplant: Two Packard Merlin V-1650 V-12 piston engines 1,380hp each
Armament:
Six .50-cal. machine guns,
25 five-inch rockets
4,000lb bomb load
First Flight : 1946
Cost: $228,000