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Preserving Aviation HIstory

Here are the last operational TF-9J Cougar trainers of VT-4 making their final launches from the USS John F. Kennedy CVA-67 in February 1974. #tf9j #f9cougar #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Check out the Vickers Valiant XD818 at The Royal Air Force Museum Midlands! #vickersvaliant #xd818 #rafmuseummidlands #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

The B-61 dial a yield bomb at Pima Air and Space Museum #b61 #pimaairandspacemuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Checking out how Nimrod Preservation Group XV232 deployed sonobuoys #xv232 #nimrod #rafmanstonmuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Per request, USS Boxer CV-21 having F-51D loaded aboard at NAS Alameda, CA, for transport to East Asia in July 1950. On 14–22 July, the ship carried an emergency shipment of 170 Air Force and Navy aircraft, plus personnel and equipment, to the Korean War zone in a record 8½-day trans-Pacific crossing. #ussboxer #cv21 #f51 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Nimrod Preservation Group XV232 modifications from the Comet 4 #xv232 #nimrod #rafmanstonmuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is the first of four emergency egress baskets on the mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B at KSC being tested in Jan 2026. The baskets, similar to gondolas on ski lifts, are used in the case of a pad abort emergency to enable astronauts and other pad personnel a way to quickly escape away from the mobile launcher to the base of the pad and where waiting emergency transport vehicles would then drive them away. #artemisii #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Even more to explore at Chetton Heritage Museum #chettonheritagemuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

On Nov. 13 2025 Blue Origin’s New Glenn launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. #newglenn #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Checking out Vulcan B2 XM598 The Royal Air Force Museum Midlands #vulcan #xm598 #rafmuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari