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LOCKHEED P-80A SHOOTING STAR
1945
 
FIGHTER
  
     
 LOCKHEED P-80 SHOOTING STAR FAMILY
 
 XP-80 (Model L-140)
 
 XP-80A (Model L-141)
 
 YP-80A
 
 P-80A Shooting Star
 
 P-80B Shooting Star
 
 P-80C Shooting Star
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 LOCKHEED P-80 SHOOTING STAR CONTEMPORARIES
 
 Bell P-59A Airacomet
 
 de Havilland Vampire
 
 Gloster Meteor
 
 Messerschmitt Me 262A
 
 Nakajima Kikka
 
 Heinkel He.280A
 
 Heinkel He 162A-2 Volksjager
 
 
 
 
 
 
OVERVIEW
  
 

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DATA
  
 
LOCKHEED P-80A SHOOTING STAR
 
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 FIGHTER
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :
 Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
FIRST FLIGHT :
 1945
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 February 1945
NUMBER BUILT :
 563
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 38 ft 10 in (11.83 m)
LENGTH :
 34 ft 6 in (10.51 m)
HEIGHT :
 11 ft 4 in (3.45 m)
WING AREA :
 237.6 sq ft (22.07 m sq)
WING LOADING :
 53 lb/ft sq (260 kg/m sq)
POWER/WEIGHT :
 0.43
ASPECT RATIO :
 6.37
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 7,920 lb (3593 kg)
WEIGHT LOADED :
 11,700 lb (5307 kg)
WEIGHT MAX :
 14,000 lb (6350 kg)
ARMAMENT :
 6 x .50-cal M2 Machine Guns in Nose of Aircraft
PAYLOAD :
 2,000 lbs (91 kg) of Bombs or 10 x 5 in Rockets
POWER PLANT :
 1 x Allison J33-A-9 Turbojet Engine, Rated at 3,850 lb s.t. (1746 kg)
CREW :
 1
 
 
PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 558 mph (898 km/h) at Sea Level; 492 mph (792 km/h) at 40,000 ft
 
 (12192 m)
CRUISING SPEED :
 410 mph (660 km/h)
LANDING SPEED :
 95 mph (153 km/h)
CLIMB RATE :
 To 20,000 ft (6096 m) in 5.5 min; To 4,580 ft (1396 m) in 1 min
RANGE :
 780 miles (1255 km); 1,440 miles (2317 km) Max
SERVICE CEILING :
 45,000 ft (13716 m)
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
  
 

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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