Comments on: Flightdeck Friday: The McDonnell FD/FH-1 Phantom http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/08/31/flightdeck-friday-the-mcdonnell-fdfh-1-phantom Notes and commentary on things present, reflections on a career in naval aviation and serendipitous items as strike me at the moment... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Steeljaw Scribe » Flightdeck Friday: Update! http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/08/31/flightdeck-friday-the-mcdonnell-fdfh-1-phantom/comment-page-1#comment-434 Steeljaw Scribe » Flightdeck Friday: Update! Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:30:55 +0000 http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/08/31/flightdeck-friday-the-mcdonnell-fdfh-1-phantom/#comment-434 [...] of 9/11.  His topic?  Spurred by last week’s story of the Navy’s first jet (the FH Phantom), the topic this week is the real hero of Michner’s The Bridges at Toko-ri, the F2H Banshee [...] [...] of 9/11.  His topic?  Spurred by last week’s story of the Navy’s first jet (the FH Phantom), the topic this week is the real hero of Michner’s The Bridges at Toko-ri, the F2H Banshee [...]

]]> By: Steeljawscribe http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/08/31/flightdeck-friday-the-mcdonnell-fdfh-1-phantom/comment-page-1#comment-420 Steeljawscribe Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:51:36 +0000 http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/08/31/flightdeck-friday-the-mcdonnell-fdfh-1-phantom/#comment-420 DOH! <smack> you're right, CVB it is (was)... -SJS</smack> DOH! you’re right, CVB it is (was)…
-SJS

]]> By: Theodore http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/08/31/flightdeck-friday-the-mcdonnell-fdfh-1-phantom/comment-page-1#comment-418 Theodore Mon, 03 Sep 2007 20:23:13 +0000 http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/08/31/flightdeck-friday-the-mcdonnell-fdfh-1-phantom/#comment-418 A neat airplane. Three of them survive and are on display - BuNo. 111759 at NASM in DC, 111768 at Wings of Eagles near Elmira NY, and 111793 at Pensacola. One minor observation - FDR was still CVB-42 in 1946. The CVA designation did not come into use until 1952. A neat airplane. Three of them survive and are on display – BuNo. 111759 at NASM in DC, 111768 at Wings of Eagles near Elmira NY, and 111793 at Pensacola.

One minor observation – FDR was still CVB-42 in 1946. The CVA designation did not come into use until 1952.

]]> By: Tommy Thomason http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/08/31/flightdeck-friday-the-mcdonnell-fdfh-1-phantom/comment-page-1#comment-414 Tommy Thomason Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:43:55 +0000 http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/08/31/flightdeck-friday-the-mcdonnell-fdfh-1-phantom/#comment-414 Everybody's right - The Standard Aircraft Characteristics Chart dated 1 March 1946 states 4,230 fpm at sea level, 9,820 lbs gross weight and the FH-1 Pilot's Handbook AN 01-245FA-1 revised 1 July 1948 gives 3,150 fpm at sea level, 10,035 lbs gross weight. (10,000 pounds was full internal fuel.) Everybody’s right – The Standard Aircraft Characteristics Chart dated 1 March 1946 states 4,230 fpm at sea level, 9,820 lbs gross weight and the FH-1 Pilot’s Handbook AN 01-245FA-1 revised 1 July 1948 gives 3,150 fpm at sea level, 10,035 lbs gross weight. (10,000 pounds was full internal fuel.)

]]> By: Steeljawscribe http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/08/31/flightdeck-friday-the-mcdonnell-fdfh-1-phantom/comment-page-1#comment-412 Steeljawscribe Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:55:39 +0000 http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/08/31/flightdeck-friday-the-mcdonnell-fdfh-1-phantom/#comment-412 Bill: Double checked several sources and all confirmed indeed a 4230 fps climb-rate for the FH-1... -SJS Bill:

Double checked several sources and all confirmed indeed a 4230 fps climb-rate for the FH-1…
-SJS

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