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CONTACTT-38 TALON
Aircraft at the Joe Davies Heritage Airpark at Palmdale Plant 42
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GENERAL INFORMATION
| MANUFACTURER: | Northrop Aircraft Corporation |
| PRODUCTION PERIOD: | 1960 to 1972 |
| NUMBER PRODUCED: | 1,189 |
| PRODUCTION SERIES: | T-38A, T-38C and AT-38B |
| ROLES: | Advanced jet trainer, AT-38B, lead-in trainer for weapons delivery; dissimilar air combat trainer at the USN Top Gun Fighter School; USAF aggressor aircraft |
PERFORMANCE AND SPECIFICATIONS
(Figures given are for the T-38A model)| MAXIMUM SPEED: | 800 mph (Mach 1.3) |
| SERVICE CEILING: | 50,000 feet above sea level |
| RANGE: | 1,000 miles |
| WEAPONS: | T-38A/B is not cleared for weapons carriage. The AT-38B has a single stores station capable of carrying the practice bomb/rocket dispenser or a gun pod |
| CREW: | Two pilots (instructor and trainee) |
| LENGTH: | 46 feet, 5 inches |
| WINGSPAN: | 25 feet, 3 inches |
| HEIGHT: | 12 feet, 11 inches |
| MAXIMUM TAKEOFF WEIGHT: | 11,820 lbs. |
| POWERPLANT: | Two General Electric J85-GE-5 turbojet engines with afterburner, providing 3,850 lbs. of thrust each |
| ACHIEVEMENTS: | First supersonic jet trainer built for the USAF; established four time-to- climb records in the early 1960s; operated by the USAF Thunderbirds Flight Demonstration Team |
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