About: General Dynamics/Grumman EF-111A Raven   Sponge Permalink

An Entity of Type : dbkwik:resource/AGhloO_nVTaFp7GvOmHv5Q==, within Data Space : dbkwik.org associated with source dataset(s)

The General Dynamics/Grumman EF-111A Raven was an electronic warfare aircraft designed to replace the B-66 Destroyer in the United States Air Force. Its crews and maintainers often called it the "Spark-Vark", a play on the F-111's "Aardvark" nickname.

AttributesValues
rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • General Dynamics/Grumman EF-111A Raven
rdfs:comment
  • The General Dynamics/Grumman EF-111A Raven was an electronic warfare aircraft designed to replace the B-66 Destroyer in the United States Air Force. Its crews and maintainers often called it the "Spark-Vark", a play on the F-111's "Aardvark" nickname.
dcterms:subject
dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate
max takeoff weight alt
  • 40370.0
loaded weight main
  • 70000.0
airfoil
  • NACA 64-210.68 root, NACA 64-209.80 tip
max speed more
  • ; above 30,000 ft
climb rate main
  • 11000.0
length alt
  • 23.17 m
span main
  • 63(xsd:integer)
Status
  • Retired
more performance
  • *Lift-to-drag ratio: 15.8
thrust alt
  • 92.7 kN
height alt
  • 6.1 m
Introduced
  • 1983(xsd:integer)
primary user
Type
range alt
  • 1740(xsd:integer)
length main
  • 76.0
Unit Cost
  • US$15 million, plus $25 million each for conversion
area main
  • 657(xsd:double)
ferry range main
  • 3800.0
height main
  • 20.0
span alt
  • 584.4
range main
  • 2000(xsd:integer)
Manufacturer
  • General Dynamics, conversion by Grumman
max speed main
  • Mach 2.2
thrust/weight
  • 0(xsd:double)
climb rate alt
  • 3353(xsd:integer)
ceiling main
  • 45000.0
empty weight main
  • 55275.0
type of jet
  • turbofans with afterburner
loaded weight alt
  • 31751.0
Developed From
area alt
  • 61(xsd:double)
First Flight
  • 1977-03-10(xsd:date)
engine (jet)
  • Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-3 initially, later upgraded to TF30-P-9
max speed alt
  • 1460(xsd:integer)
jet or prop?
  • jet
ferry range alt
  • 3300(xsd:integer)
empty weight alt
  • 25072.0
thrust main
  • 19600(xsd:integer)
number of jets
  • 2(xsd:integer)
plane or copter?
  • plane
ceiling alt
  • 13,715 m
max takeoff weight main
  • 89000.0
Retired
  • 1998(xsd:integer)
Crew
  • Two: pilot and electronic warfare officer
Number Built
  • 42(xsd:integer)
ref
  • The Great Book of Modern Warplanes General Dynamics F-111 "Aardvark" Modern Fighting Aircraft
more general
  • Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0186 *Drag area: 9.36 ft² *Aspect ratio: 7.56 unswept; 1.95 fully swept
abstract
  • The General Dynamics/Grumman EF-111A Raven was an electronic warfare aircraft designed to replace the B-66 Destroyer in the United States Air Force. Its crews and maintainers often called it the "Spark-Vark", a play on the F-111's "Aardvark" nickname. The USAF contracted with Grumman in 1974 to convert some existing General Dynamics F-111As into electronic warfare/electronic countermeasures (ECM) aircraft. The USAF had considered the Navy / Marine Corps Grumman EA-6B Prowler, but was reluctant to adopt a Navy aircraft. The EF-111 entered service in 1983 and served until it was retired in 1998. Afterwards, the Air Force began depending on Navy and Marine Corps EA-6Bs for electronic warfare support.
is variants with their own articles of
Alternative Linked Data Views: ODE     Raw Data in: CXML | CSV | RDF ( N-Triples N3/Turtle JSON XML ) | OData ( Atom JSON ) | Microdata ( JSON HTML) | JSON-LD    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3217, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu), Standard Edition
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2012 OpenLink Software