Boneyard Safari
Preserving Aviation HIstory

Here is NASA's Landing Systems Research Aircraft (LSRA), a modified Convair 990. A new landing gear test fixture representative of the shuttle's landing gear system had been installed in the lower fuselage of the CV-990 test aircraft between the aircraft's normal main landing gear. Following initial flights, static loads testing and calibration of the test gear were conducted at Dryden. Tests allowed engineers to assess the performance of the space shuttle's main and nose lan

More about the 1st stage of the Saturn V at INFINITY Science Center. #saturnv #infinitysciencecenter #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

A look back at USS Ogden LPD-5 (actually) underway near Long Beach, CA in 1989. #ussogden #lpd5 #boneyardsafari #navalsafari #aviationsafari

Did you ever notice this about the Vigilante at Pima Air and Space Museum? #ra5c #pimaairandspacemuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Ever noticed that the Burke Class have a lower super structure but higher mast than the Tico’s? #cg47 #ddg51 #boneyardsafari #navalsafari #aviationsafari

First fighters aboard the Forrestal Class were Fury’s. #fjfury #ussforrestal #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari P

Here is an artist's concept illustrating the deployment sequence of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) on the Moon. It was a collapsible open-space vehicle about 10 feet long with large mesh wheels, anterna, appendages, tool caddies, and cameras. Powered by two 36-volt batteries, it has four 1/4-hp drive motors, one for each wheel. The LRV was used on each of the last three Apollo missions. #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari #apollo

A little bit about the BV-141. #bv141 #luftwaffe #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is Apollo 4 at Pad 39A on top of the mobile service structure in 1967. #apollo4 #saturnv #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

A little bit about the Thuds intakes. #f105 #thud #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari