ANYWAYS, just to make it interesting next time something violates airspace, can't we send up a James Bond style ultralight equipped with air-to-air missiles and some gung-ho CIA agent so at least the match is even.....? I mean....only while Obama's the pres.
Anyways, just to show you what the F-15 pilots were up against and what the Beechcraft pilot was up against and what America's up against, here's Obama, the Beechcraft and the Eagle.......sounds like a story.
Okay - here's Obama:
Here's a photo of and the stats on the Beechcraft Bonanza:
BEECHCRAFT BONANZA! General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 5 passengers
- Length: 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
- Wingspan: 33 ft 6 in (10.21 m)
- Height: 8 ft 7 in (2.62 m)
- Wing area: 181 ft² (16.8 m²)
- Empty weight: 2,530 lb (1,148 kg)
- Loaded weight: 2,700 lb (1,225 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 3,650 lb (1,656 kg)
- Powerplant: 1× Continental IO-550-B, 300 hp (223.7 kW)
- Fuel capacity: 80 gal (300 L), 74 gal (280 L) usable
- Maximum speed: 203 mph (192 kn, 326 km/h)
- Stall speed: 70 mph (61 kn, 113 km/h)
- Range: 1060 mi (921 NM, 1,706 km)
- Service ceiling: 18,500 ft (5,639 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,230 ft/min (6.25 m/s)
- Wing loading: 20.2 lb/ft² (98.5 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.082 hp/lb (135 W/kg)
- Max Payload: 909 lb (412 kg)
- Takeoff distance: 1,250 ft
- Minimum landing distance: 950 ft
Here's a photo of and the stats on the F-15:
F-15 General characteristics
- Crew: 1: pilot
- Length: 63 ft 9 in (19.43 m)
- Wingspan: 42 ft 10 in (13.05 m)
- Height: 18 ft 6 in (5.63 m)
- Wing area: 608 ft² (56.5 m²)
- Airfoil: NACA 64A006.6 root, NACA 64A203 tip
- Empty weight: 28,000 lb (12,700 kg)
- Loaded weight: 44,500 lb (20,200 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 68,000 lb (30,845 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney F100-100 or -220 afterburning turbofans
- Dry thrust: 17,450 lbf (77.62 kN) each
- Thrust with afterburner: 25,000 lbf for -220 (111.2 kN for -220) each
- Fuel capacity: 13,455 lb (6,100 kg) internal[98]
- Maximum speed:
- High altitude: Mach 2.5+ (1,650+ mph, 2,660+ km/h)
- Low altitude: Mach 1.2 (900 mph, 1,450 km/h)
- Combat radius: 1,061 nmi (1,222 mi, 1,967 km) for interdiction mission
- Ferry range: 3,450 mi (3,000 nmi, 5,550 km) with conformal fuel tanks and three external fuel tanks
- Service ceiling: 65,000 ft (20,000 m)
- Rate of climb: >50,000 ft/min (254 m/s)
- Wing loading: 73.1 lb/ft² (358 kg/m²)
- Thrust/weight: 1.12 (-220)
Armament
- Guns: 1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61 Vulcan 6-barreled gatling cannon, 940 rounds
- Hardpoints: Total 11 (not including CFTs): two under-wing (each with additional two missile launch rails), four under-fuselage (for semi-recessed carriage of AIM-7 Sparrows) and a single centerline pylon station, optional fuselage pylons (which may include conformal fuel tanks, known initially as Fuel And Sensor Tactical (FAST) pack for use on the C model) with a capacity of 16,000 lb (7,300 kg) and provisions to carry combinations of:
- Missiles:
- Other:
- up to 3× 600 US gallons (2,300 L) external drop tanks for ferry flight or extended range/loitering time.
- MXU-648 Cargo/Travel Pod - to carry personal belongings, and small pieces of maintenance equipment.[69]
- Missiles:
Avionics
- Radar:
- Countermeasures:
- Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems AN/ALQ-131 electronic countermeasures pod[101]
- Hazeltine AN/APX-76 or Raytheon AN/APX-119 Identify Friend/Foe (IFF) interrogator[102]
- Magnavox AN/ALQ-128 Electronic Warfare Warning Set (EWWS) - part of Tactical Electronic Warfare Systems (TEWS)[101]
- Loral AN/ALR-56 Radar warning receivers (RWR) - part of TEWS[103]
- Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems ALQ-135 Internal Countermeasures System (ICS) - part of TEWS[101]
- Marconi AN/ALE-45 Chaff/Flares dispenser system - part of TEWS[104]