F-16 Fighting Falcon by goodoleboy
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Captured 10/29/06 at the Wings, Wheels, Rotors and Expo show held annually at the beautiful Joint Forces Training Base on the beautiful Los Alamitos Army Airfield in beautiful Los Alamitos, California.
The F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American multirole jet fighter aircraft developed by General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin for the United States Air Force. Designed as a lightweight fighter, it evolved into a successful multirole aircraft. The Falcon's versatility is a paramount reason it was a success on the export market, serving 24 countries. The F-16 is the largest Western fighter program with over 4,200+ aircraft built since production started in 1976. Though no longer produced for the US Air Force, it is still produced for export.
Type: Multirole fighter
Maiden flight: 2 February 1974
Introduction: 17 August 1978
Status: Active
Primary users: United States Air Force, Turkish Air Force, Israeli Air Force, Egyptian Air Force
Unit cost: US $14.6 million (F-16A/B)
US $18.8 million (F-16C/D) in 1998
Variants: General Dynamics F-16XL, Mitsubishi F-2
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Power Plant: F-16C/D: one Pratt and Whitney F100-PW-200/220/229 or General Electric F110-GE-100/129
Thrust: F-16C/D, 27,000 pounds
Wingspan: 32 feet, 8 inches (9.8 meters)
Length: 49 feet, 5 inches (14.8 meters)
Height: 16 feet (4.8 meters)
Weight: 19,700 pounds without fuel (8,936 kilograms)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 37,500 pounds (16,875 kilograms)
Fuel Capacity: 7,000 pounds internal (3,175 kilograms); typical capacity, 12,000 pounds with two external tanks (5443 kilograms)
Payload: Two 2,000-pound bombs, two AIM-9 and 1,040-gallon external tanks
Speed: 1,500 mph (Mach 2 at altitude)
Range: More than 2,002 miles ferry range (1,740 nautical miles)
Ceiling: Above 50,000 feet (15 kilometers)
Armament: One M-61A1 20mm multibarrel cannon with 500 rounds; external stations can carry up to six air-to-air missiles, conventional air-to-air and air-to-surface munitions and electronic countermeasure pods
(From the official website of the United States Air Force)
Thanks for dropping by for a closeup view of this sleek beauty, one of my favorite jet fighters.
Comments (12)
wondeerful shot of this plane
That is one giant toy... What a shot.
Oh Harry this is a fantstic POV of this small but very clever fighting machine. Any chance you have a shot of the F-14? Nice info btw.
Very cool shot! (My husband used to do something with the radar, or some such thing, :0) for these.)
I want one. Pilot seating is reclined to help alleviate pilot blackout in high gee turns. (9g's I think) My favorite also.
Well. All that information, but no mention is made of the very attractive red apron the plane is wearing. This looks to be an efficient form of dropping ordnance. An excellent photograph, my friend!
great capture...
I met Truax on the ramp at Edwards. He was walking up to an F-16 parked there. The men with me knew him and hinted that he was a bit of a braggart. He was the GD rep. What's in a name? I followed the build up and watched the Truax designed rocket of Evel Knievel loft and fall into the Snake river. Different Truax. Hybrid was a better word. I met it as a Honeywell computer. I read about it in IC in Peacekeeper/MX. Then I watched Rutan launch with hybrid power. Now my sister has a Prius. Sweet sixteen has a ring. Kind of Cadillac and Marmon all in one. So the Falcon was more prolific than the Tiger. No one needs a MAP to see where the Falcons are.
My kind of jet. I wouldn' mind having one of these in my garage for the daily commute. Well captured, though it seems to be missing a bit of the nose and wing. ;'P
Really impressiv f16 and excellent capture on it ! Good day and hugs :)
Impressive and interesting shot. The POV is fantastic!!
Excellent perspective here and great detail and light