"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:
| "Brett" wrote in message
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| Putnam's Grumman Aircraft since 1929 gives the F-14A max weight at
| 74,300 and several sources quote the F-14A Standard Aircraft
| Characteristics dated April 1977 that the F-14A in Fleet Air Defense
| configuration has an empty weight of 44,700 lbs.
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| What figures does it give for the F-111B?

Putnam's Grumman Aircraft since 1929 doesn't quote a max carrier takeoff
weight for the F-111B (the F-111B was supposed to be fully operational
on a CVA-41 Midway class carrier, so any carrier max takeoff or landing
capability would depend on the limits imposed by the minimum required
lauch and recovery platform). Putnam's quoted empty weight for the
F-111B of 46,500 lbs would be close to the empty weight in Fleet Air
Defense configuration (which with wing pylons for Phoenix missiles would
be close to 47,400). Putnam's quoted loaded weight of 72,421 lbs would
be for an aircraft max fuel and a couple of Phoenix missiles. The
unquoted maximum carrier takeoff weight in Fleet Air Defense
configuration with full Phoenix load (the configuration quoted for the
F-14A) would be about 77,500 lbs (about 4% higher than the F-14A).
Putnam's quoted max weight of 86,563 lbs is the design gross weight and
isn't a figure that the aircraft would have ever operated from a carrier
at.