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Northrop F-20 Tigershark
The Northrop F-20 Tigershark (initially F-5G) was a privately-financed light fighter designed and built by Northrop. Its development began in 1975 as a further evolution of Northrop's F-5E Tiger II featuring a new engine that greatly improved overall performance and a modern avionics suite including a powerful and flexible radar.
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The Northrop F-20 Tigershark (initially F-5G) was a
privately-financed light fighter, designed and built by Northrop.2
F-20 Tigershark Northrop F-20 Tigershark only 3 prototypes built ...
Moteur : 1 General Electric F404-GE-100 Puissance : 7711 kgp Envergure
: ...3
Northrop F-20 Tigershark1:07 General Chuck Yeager comments on flying
the Northrop F-20 Tigershark.4
downloads) Northrop F-20 Tigershark Package for FSX. This is the
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and now modified for use in FSX.5
Northrop F-20 Tigershark Package for FSX. This is the superb F-20 A
and B package released as freeware for FS2004 by Iris and now modified
for use in FSX.6
Made by Northrop Corporation.
It is the successor of the Northrop F-5 .
The Northrop F-20 Tigershark (initially F-5G) was a privately financed
fighter aircraft, designed and built by Northrop in the USA, starting
in 1975 and offered for sale starting in the 1980s 7
FS2004 DSB Freeware - NORTHROP F-20 The Northrop F-20 Tigershark is a
Mach 2 class single-seat light fighter designed for export sales in
the 1980's.8
Northrop F-20 Tigershark Crash at Suwon Airbase in South Korea
demonstration flight (October 10, 1984)
* 00:01
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Two Northrop F-20 Tigersharks in flight.10
give the Northrop F-20 Tigershark a nice, even, "First of the next
generation" number. (As a note-the F-13 designation was deliberately
skipped.11
Height Main
421.64
Align
right
Height Alt
4.20 m
Predecessor
Northrop F-5
Quote
We wanted hot
light airplanes that were just as stripped-down as possible... They took an austere
stripped-down F-5 and ruined it by loading crap on it. Adding Sparrow missiles required huge complexity on the airplane. Adding air-to-ground capability ruined the F-20A.
Engine(jet)
General Electric F404-GE-100
Length Alt
14.4 m
Ferry Range Alt
102900.0
Thrust Main
17000
Jet Or Prop
jet
Lists
*List of military aircraft of the United States*List of fighter aircraft
Loaded Weight Main
15480.0
Combat Radius Main
300.0
Program Cost
1.2E9
US$1.2 billion
Combat Radius More
; for hi-lo-hi mission with 2 × 330 US gal drop tanks
Loading Main
81
Developed From
Northrop F-5
Missiles
2
AGM-65 Maverick air-to-surface missiles on hardpoints
Bombs
80.0
Rockets
2
4080.0
Hardpoints
Five external hardpoints
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
11920.0
Ceiling Main
55000.0
Number Built
3
Crew
1
Thrust/weight
1
Combat Radius Alt
20700.0
Max Takeoff Weight Main
27500.0
Thrust Alt
76.0
Loaded Weight Alt
6830.0
Area Main
200.0
Ferry Range More
; with 3 × 330 US gal drop tanks
Span Alt
487.80000000000007
Plane Or Copter?
Avionics
*General Electric AN-APG-67
Manufacturer
Status
Source
Pierre Sprey
DoD senior analyst.
First Flight
30
Number Of Jets
1
Origin
United States
National Origin
United States
Climb Rate Main
52800.0
Image
www.flightglobal.comairspacephotosmilitaryaviation1946-2006cutawaysimages14174northrop-f-5g-tigershark-cutaway.jpg
Type of jet
Max Speed Main
Mach 2+
Width
25
Guns
1200.0
Climb Rate Alt
255 m-s
Length Main
1442.72
Span Main
511.79999999999995
Area Alt
18.6 m²
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*Northrop F-5*Northrop T-38 Talon*Northrop YF-17 Cobra
Empty Weight Main
13150.0
Ceiling Alt
16
800 m
Topic
Northrop F-20 cutaway
Ferry Range Main
1490.0
Category
Empty Weight Alt
5090.0
Hardpoint Capacity
8000
Loading Alt
395