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NORTHROP P-61C BLACK WIDOW
1945
 
NIGHT FIGHTER
  
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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NORTHROP P-61C BLACK WIDOW
 
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 NIGHT FIGHTER
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :
 NORTHROP AIRCRAFT COMPANY, INC
FIRST FLIGHT :
 1945
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 JULY 1945
NUMBER BUILT :
 517
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 66 ft 0 in (20.11 m)
LENGTH :
 49 ft 7 in (15.11 m)
HEIGHT :
 14 ft 8 in (4.47 m)
WING AREA :
 662 sq ft (61.49 m sq)
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 24,000 lbs (10886 kg)
WEIGHT LOADED :
 30,600 lbs (13880 kg)
WEIGHT MAX :
 40,300 lbs (18280 kg)
ARMAMENT :
 4 x 20 mm Cannons Housed Under Belly and 4 x .50-cal Machine Guns
 
 in Dorsal Turret
BOMB LOAD :
 6,400 lbs (2902 kg)
POWER PLANT :
 2 x Pratt & Whitney R-2800-73 Turbo-Supercharged Double Wasp
 
 Radial Piston Engines, Rated at 2,100 hp
CREW :
 3 - Pilot, Co-Pilot/Gunner, and Radar Operator
   
PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 430 mph (692 km/h) at 30,000 ft (9144 m)
CRUISING SPEED :
 307 mph (494 km/h)
LANDING SPEED :
 87 mph (140 km/h)
CLIMB RATE :
 To 30,000 ft (9144 m) in 14.6 min
RANGE :
 1,000 miles (1609 km); 1,725 miles (2776 km) Max
SERVICE CEILING :
 41,000 ft (12497 m)
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
  
 

Gunston, Bill. The Illustrated Directory of Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New York: Prentice Hall Press. 1988. ISBN 0-13-450454-2.

Gunston, Bill. JANE'S Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New Jersey: Crescent Books, 1992. ISBN 0-517-67964-7.

Wagner, Raymond. American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1982. ISBN 0-385-13120-8.

Angelucci, Enzo; Bowers, Peter. The American Fighter - The Definitive Guide To American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present. New York: Orion Books. 1985. ISBN 0-517-56588-9.

  
 
     
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