Object Details
- Summary
- This is a stand for 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 stand's manufacturer is unknown. John and Cynthia Heyde donated the model and stand to the museum.
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Manufacturer
- Unknown
- Credit Line
- Gift of John S. and Cynthia H. Heyde.
- Materials
- Plastic
- Paint
- Adhesive
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 14 × 7 × 7.6cm (5 1/2 × 2 3/4 × 3 in.)
- Type
- MODELS-Missiles & Rockets
