| Manufacturer |
Showa Aircraft Industry |
Grumman |
| Description |
The Shōwa L2D and Nakajima L2D, given the designations Shōwa Navy Type 0 Transport and Nakajima Navy Type 0 Transport(零式輸送機), were license-built versions of the Douglas DC-3. |
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, tandem two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. |
| ICAO Code |
|
F14 |
| First Flight |
1939-10-01 |
1970-12-21 |
| Entry Into service |
1939-01-01 |
1974-09-22 |
| Production End |
|
1991-01-01 |
| Service End |
|
2006-09-22 |
| Designer |
Showa Aircraft Industry |
Grumman |
| Length (m) |
19.507 |
18.8976 |
| Height (m) |
7.46 |
4.8768 |
| Cockpit Crew |
3 |
2 |
| Max Seating |
21 |
|
| Max Speed (km/h) |
393 |
|
| Cruise Speed (km/h) |
241 |
777.8393 |
| Min Speed (km/h) |
|
218.5358 |
| Max Ceiling (m) |
10500 |
16154.4 |
| Rate of Climb (m/s) |
|
228.6 |
| Armament |
1x flexible 13 mm Type 2 machine gun and 2x 7.7 mm Type 92 machine guns (L2D4, L2D4-1 and L2D5) |
1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A1 Vulcan 6-barreled rotary cannon, with 675 rounds; 10 total: 6× under-fuselage, 2× under nacelles and 2× on wing gloves |
| Capacity Description |
21 pax / 4500 kg cargo |
|
| Max Mach (Mach) |
|
2.34 |
| National Origin |
|
United States of America |
| Number Built |
487 |
712 |
| Powerplant Description |
2 × Mitsubishi MK8 Kinsei 43 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 746 kW (1000 hp) each |
2 × General Electric F110-GE-400 afterburning turbofans |
| Primary Users |
|
United States Navy (historical), Imperial Iranian Air Force (historical); Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force |
| Status |
|
In service with Iran |
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showa/Nakajima_L2D |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
18.956 |
19.5072 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
91.6 |
52.4902 |
| Wake Category |
|
M |
| Aircraft Engine |
|
General Electric F110 |
| Number of Engines |
2 |
2 |