Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Unknown
- Summary
- This is a model of unknown scale of the Air Intercept Missile 54A (AIM-54A), the earliest version of several Phoenix air-to-air missiles used exclusively 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.
- The model's manufacturer is unknown. John and Cynthia Heyde donated it to the museum.
- Credit Line
- Gift of John S. and Cynthia H. Heyde.
- Inventory Number
- A19981655000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Missiles & Rockets
- Materials
- Wood
- Plastic
- Aluminum
- Paint
- Adhesive
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 20.3 × 3.5 × 3.8cm (8 × 1 3/8 × 1 1/2 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19981655000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv96e29d438-de30-4e45-92a8-6ea6681b5dd2
