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Description
| Manufacturer: | McDonnell |
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| Base model: | F2H | ||
| Designation: | F2H | ||
| Version: | -3 | ||
| Nickname: | Banshee | ||
| Equivalent to: | F-2C F2CF-2C | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | ||
| Designation Period: | 1922-1962 | ||
| Basic role: | Fighter | ||
| Crew: | Pilot | ||
| First Flew: | 1952/03/29 | ||
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Specifications
| Length: | 48' 2" | 14.6 m | |
| Height: | 13' 11" | 4.2 m | |
| Wingspan: | 41' 8" | 12.7 m | |
| Wingarea: | 294.0 sq ft | 27.3 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 13,183 lb | 5,980 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 21,200 lb | 9,616 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 28,500 lb | 12,927 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 2 | ||
| Powerplant: | Westinghouse J34-WE-34 | ||
| Thrust (each): | 3,250 lb | 1,474 kg | |
Performance
| Range: | 1,170 miles | 1,885 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 461 mph | 742 km/h | 401 kt |
| Max Speed: | 527 mph | 847 km/h | 457 kt |
| Climb: | 5,900 ft/min | 1,800 m/min | |
| Ceiling: | 46,500 ft | 14,175 m | |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Doug Nester , AL | My uncle, CDR Robert G. Nester, was with VF-152 (back around April 1955) have photos of him in full dress standing next to the F2H-3. He was LCDR then. He's 88 years old and still tough. Help me on this...letter on the tail is "H" and number beneath in "6388". Letters under right elevator designate the aircraft type "F2H-3" and the number beneath is "126388". 08/14/2008 @ 09:16 [ref: 22456] |
| William Polak Dayton, OH | Visited this website, surprised to see comments from Larry Lawrence about Banshee and APQ-41. I was with VF-41 at the same time in Oceana and on the Randolph and the Forrestal shakedown cruise. I even remeber Larry. Would enjoy any contact. Email is billpolak@yahoo.com.
Regards, Bill 08/10/2008 @ 15:52 [ref: 22417] |
| Thomas Dunham Newfane, VT | I flew F2H-3/4 with VC-4 out of NAS Atlantic City from 1952 to 1954. During that time we deployed on several carriers, the Wasp, Antietam, Coral Sea. Went to Korea with VC-4 Detachment 38 aboard the Uss Wasp as an all-weather detachment. Missions in Korea involved night CAP, atomic weapon deployment over Yalu River, CAP over Hainan Island in April 1954. 02/06/2008 @ 18:55 [ref: 19584] |
| Jon Botsford Hewitt, TX | I was the Plane Captain for 126464 in 1056 & 1057. 126464 was one of 12 F2H3's assigned to VF-41 home based at Oceana, Va. During that period the squaderon mad two cruises, One the shake down cruise of the Forrestal CVA 59 (to Guantanamo and the the second the Bennington CVA 10 (far East). She is now in a museum in Canada and pictured in this reference. 04/09/2006 @ 17:45 [ref: 13099] |
| Kent stufflebeam vinton, IA | after being put back on active duty the Uss Kearsarge took aboard a flight group with the Banshee's .They distinguished themselves.As I recall they were involved with a dogfight with Russian made MIG's just over the Yalu river.I was a radarman and remember the chatter as they intercepted the Mig's.It was all hushed-up because we were not supposed to be there. 05/31/2005 @ 16:47 [ref: 10358] |
| larry lawrence columbia, MO | The radar was accesssed by two swing up hatches, and the radome would also swing up. The port side contained
the radar transmitter, and the starboard contained the computer (yes, the first aviation fire control system) The re-fueling probe was mounted on the port side, making it impossible to open the hatch without uncoupling the probe. This was NOT encouraged, and because the transmitter used up magnetrons regularly, often the planes went airborne without operatinve radar. The squadron had 'special weapon' capability, and I saw many training flights before departure with the mock up aboard. In effect, the aia-to air refueling disabled the plane as a fighter, and turned it into a light attack bomber. 01/02/2005 @ 11:00 [ref: 9033] |
| Gary Halifax, NS | How did the ground crew access the Radar? I want to do a detailed version of the RCN Banshee but I can't seem to find any refrence photos of the gun bays or the radar installation. I only have limited reference for the cockpit.(the books I have show nothing) 12/05/2004 @ 11:43 [ref: 8786] |
| larry lawrence columbia, MO | I was AT-2 with vf41 at oceana 54-55. Squadron won navy E. Worked on he apq 41 radar. did the med cruise in 55 on the Randolph. was NOT aboard during the bennington disaster, but lost good friends.
11/22/2004 @ 11:49 [ref: 8680] |
| Lt. Jack Hites Port Ludlow, WA | Flew the F2H-3 with VF-52 on board Lexington in 1956 for a six month deployment to WESTPAC. Found the airplane to be very honest, dependable, and capable. It was the ship's designated night fighter as it had a pretty good intercept radar and a very much needed auto-pilot to fly the aircraft while working the radar. Also had the mission of deliverying special weapons into China in case "the balloon ever went up",as the Banshee with full tip tanks had very good range capability. You could keep the Banshee in the air for four hours with full tip tanks, a good capability as in those days there was no such thing as a tanker orbiting for an aircraft in low state. I had the Banshee up to 50,000 feet once and I heard that the F2H2 would go higher. 10/12/2004 @ 22:43 [ref: 8442] |
| Ed Toner Brick, NJ | Flew the Banshee in VF-152 at NAS Moffett and USS WASP 1955-57. Loved it. 09/05/2004 @ 22:12 [ref: 8220] |
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