Academy 1628 F-89J Scorpion

The Northrop F-89 Scorpion is an American heavy jet fighter, designed to operate in all weather conditions. The first flight of the prototype took place in August 1948, and the machine appeared in line units in 1950. The F-89 was a two-seater, with a cantilever mid-wing, all-metal structure with a pressurized crew cabin. The crew consisted of a pilot and a radar operator. The plane had a simple trapezoidal airfoil. Classic horizontal tail. It served in the USAAF from 1950 to 1957, later the F-89 aircraft were transferred to the National Guard units and replaced by the Convair F-102 Delta Dagger. The plane served in the National Air Guard until 1968. Several versions of the F-89 were created, the most widely produced of which are the F-89C with the new Allison J-35-A-21 engines and the main production version of the F-89D with the new Hughes E-6 firing control system, AN / APG-40 radar and AN / APA-84 computer. It is worth noting that the F-89 was the first USAAF aircraft adapted to use the AIR-2 Genie air-to-air missile with a 1.5Kt nuclear warhead. A total of 1,050 aircraft of this type were built. Technical data (version F-89D): Maximum speed: 1022 km / h, rate of climb: 37.8 m / s, maximum ceiling 15000 m, maximum range: 2200 km, armament: fixed - no fixed armament, suspended-104 70mm FFAR rockets, "Mighty Mouse" in two wing gondolas and up to 1500 kg of cargo.