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EAA Headquarters – April 5, 2007 – Last year at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, you might have had a glimpse of one of the world’s most advanced military planes. But this year it will be back and you’ll get to see much more.
A Lockheed F-22 “Raptor” did a fly-by during the 2006 event, but two Raptors will be coming in 2007 and at least one will perform aerial demonstrations daily for four days.
The pilots will take the planes through a variety of maneuvers discovered and refined during flight tests. Maneuvers like the “Mongo Flip,” “J-turn” and “Pedal Turn” will show off the aircraft’s maneuverability thanks to a combination of high power, vectored thrust and integrated avionics.
The F-22 can perform air show maneuvers not seen from any previous U.S. military aircraft. For instance, its afterburners allow it to climb vertically as soon as its wheels leave the ground, while the Raptor’s control surfaces allow it to maneuver at speeds as low as 80 miles an hour, even though its top speed is Mach 2, or twice the speed of sound.
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2007 will be held at Wittman Regional Airport from July 23-29; the F-22s are scheduled to be in Oshkosh July 26-29. While not flying, the planes will be displayed at AeroShell Square.
More than 80 F-22A models have been delivered, with the first overseas deployment to Japan earlier this year. It was designed primarily as a replacement for the F-15 and F-16.
The Raptor display will coincide with the U.S. Air Force’s 60th anniversary.
F-22 Specifications
- Builder: Lockheed-Martin, Boeing
- Power Plant: Two Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 turbofan engines with afterburners and two-dimensional thrust vectoring nozzles.
- Thrust (each engine): 35,000-pound class.
- Length: 62 feet, 1 inch (18.9 meters).
- Height: 16 feet, 8 inches (5.1 meters).
- Wingspan: 44 feet, 6 inches (13.6 meters).
- Speed: Mach 2 class.
- Ceiling: Above 50,000 feet
- Empty Weight: 40,000-pound class
- Armament: One M61A2 20-millimeter cannon with 480 rounds; side weapon bays can carry two AIM-9 infrared (heat seeking) air-to-air missiles and main weapon bays can carry (air-to-air loadout) six AIM-120 radar-guided air-to-air missiles or (air-to-ground loadout) two 1,000-pound GBU-32 JDAMs and two AIM-120 radar-guided air-to-air missiles.
- Crew: One
- The Raptor in action. Visit the AirVenture web site and click on “See Why.”
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