Northrop F-15 Reporter

The Northrop F-15 Reporter (later RF-61) was an unarmed photographic reconnaissance aircraft. Based on the Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighter it was the last piston-powered photo-reconnaissance aircraft designed and produced for the United States Air Force. Though produced in limited quantities and with a relatively short service life the F-15's aerial photographs of the Korean Peninsula would prove vital in 1950 when North Korea invaded the south.

F-15 Northrop F-15 Reporter Reconaissance version of the P-61 fighter. Only 37 were built, based on P-61C airframes.1

Made by Northrop Corporation.

It is the successor of the Northrop P-61 Black Widow .

Height Main
447.04
Height Alt
4.47 m
Predecessor
Northrop P-61 Black Widow
Propeller Diameter Alt
3.72 m
Length Alt
15.11 m
Ferry Range Alt
1650
Combat Range Alt
530
Jet Or Prop
prop
Lists
* List of military aircraft of the United States
Loaded Weight Main
29700.0
Max Speed Alt
318
Empty Weight Alt
10637.0
Combat Range Main
610 mi
Type Of Prop
radial engines
Loading Main
45
Power/mass Main
540.0
Developed From
Northrop P-61 Black Widow
Power/mass Alt
25
Max Speed Main
440 mph
Similar Aircraft
* Grumman F7F-3P Tigercat* Hughes XF-11* Lockheed F-4-F-5 Lightning
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
16420.0
Ceiling Main
33100.0
Number Built
36
Crew
2
Max Speed More
at 33
000 ft
Max Takeoff Weight Main
36200.0
Retired
1968
Loaded Weight Alt
13471.0
Area Main
662.36
Primary user
United States Air Force
Span Alt
20.12 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Number Of Propellers Per Engine
1
Power Alt
1680.0
Engine(prop)
Pratt & Whitney R-2800-65W Double Wasp
Propeller Or Rotor
propeller
Manufacturer
Northrop Corporation
Status
retired
Origin
United States
National Origin
United States
Climb Rate Main
2540.0
More Performance
720.0
Propellers
four-bladed Curtiss Electric
Number Of Props
2
Propeller Diameter Main
146.0
Ferry Range More
with four external fuel tanks
Length Main
1511.3
Span Main
2011.68
Area Alt
61.53 m²
Power Main
2
250 hp
Related
* Northrop P-61 Black Widow
Empty Weight Main
23450.0
Ceiling Alt
10
600 m
Ferry Range Main
1
900 mi
Category
Northrop aircraft
Twin boom aircraft
World War II reconnaissance aircraft of the United States
Climb Rate Alt
12.9 m-s
Loading Alt
219

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