General Information

Serial #

67-RO13925

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL; PLASTIC (?)

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

201.0 cm

Width

52.0 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

16.0 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Aviation armament

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Hughes Aircraft

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Arizona

City

Tucson

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Variants of the Falcon AIM-4D missile were used by nine countries. The Canadian Armed forces mounted missiles like these on its CF-101 Voodoo aircraft.

Function

A missile directed to its target either by pre-setting or self- reacting devices or by radio or wire command from outside missile

Technical

The Falcon was the first anti-aircraft missile in the world to enter operational service, and was first produced in 1954. It was developed by Hughes Aircraft to a United States Air Force requirement issued in 1947, for a radar-based fire-control system and guided missile for the next generation of manned interceptor aircraft. It was small, fast and agile, but was developed over the years into many forms, either radar seeking or infra-red seeking, with different guidance systems. The IR-homing Falcons were missiles that homed in on the heat emitted by enemy aircraft. Of the many versions produced, the final production Falcon was the AIM-4D of 1963. It was the only Falcon tailored for anti-fighter combat and combined the smaller airframe of earlier versions with the powerful motor and advanced IR seeker that allowed the previous AIM-4G version to lock-on to smaller targets at greater ranges. The result was a fast and effective short range missile. 4000 AIM-4D's were produced and 8000 other variants were re-manufactured to this standard.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Missile has a MFR sticker near base on proper front: "USAF MISSILE MODEL AIM-4D-8/ SERIAL NO. 67-RO13925/ HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO. FALCON/ MFR PT NO 248401-8 MFR SER NO 6-67-1-3614/ CONTRACT AF 36 600 21 263 INSPECTED/ U.S."/ At the base on the proper front and back is a warning sticker with loading instructions/ On proper front and back near where the body changes colour from orange to white, is a sticker with a symbol of a circle, with alternating white and black quarters, below which is: C. G. MISSILE"/ Above the sticker the word "INERT" is stenciled in white perpendicular to the other markings/ Where the colour of the body changes on the front and back there is a yellow sticker: "HBX-1"/ On the proper front of the nose section there is a MFR sticker that reads: "MFR PT NO 248 401-8 MFR SER NO 6-67-1-3614" and above that is a sticker that says: "NO LIFT ON WINGS"/ On the front and back there are stickers that read: "THIS SIDE UP TO REMOVE COVER" and an arrow pointing to the proper left side/ The lower fins have markings on each side of the tips: "TRIGGERING AREA - HANDLE WITH CARE"/ The proper right of the missile bears a MFR sticker that reads: "FALCON" and the word "INERT" stenciled below that, and a "HIGH VOLTAGE" sticker

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Missile is painted 2 colours; top half is white and bottom is orange

Decoration

N/A