Object Details
- Summary
- This is a model of unknown scale of the AIM-54A, the earliest version of several Phoenix air-to-air missiles built by Hughes exclusively for use on the U.S. Navy's F-14 Tomcat. It has a solid-fuel motor, a maximum speed of Mach 3.8, a range of over 115 miles, a conventional warhead, and is radar guided. First deployed in 1974, there are a limited number of AIM-54As still in service. John and Cynthia Heyde donated this model to NASM on an unknown date.
- Credit Line
- Gift of John S. and Cynthia H. Heyde.
- Inventory Number
- A19981614000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Missiles & Rockets
- Materials
- Plastic missile and base.
- Dimensions
- Overall: 8 in. long x 1 1/2 in. diameter (20.32 x 3.81cm)
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Hangar
- James S. McDonnell Space Hangar
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19981614000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9d88acad5-80e5-42e6-9c27-b54494c0a230
