Boneyard Safari
Preserving Aviation HIstory

On March 28th 1963 a Saturn I (SA-4) lifted off from Kennedy Space Center launch Complex 34. The typical height of a Block I vehicle was approximately 163 feet and had only one live stage. It consisted of eight tanks, each 70 inches in diameter, clustered around a central tank, 105 inches in diameter. Four of the external tanks were fuel tanks for the RP-1 (kerosene) fuel. The other four, spaced alternately with the fuel tanks, were liquid oxygen tanks as was the large center

Check out the sextant aboard the EC-135J at Pima Air and Space Museum #ec135 #pimaairandspacemuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

End of the line for USS Indipendence CV-62 as she arrived at the ship breakers. #ussindependence #cv62 #boneyardsafari #navalsafari #aviationsafari

Origins of the ejection seat #ejectionseat #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Where are we? #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Why Nimrod Preservation Group XV232 has those fins on the horizontal stabs #xv232 #nimrod #rafmanstonmuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Testing of the Space Shuttle landing gear system, visible between the two main landing gear components on this NASA CV-990, modified as a Landing Systems Research Aircraft. The Space Shuttle landing gear test unit, operated by a high-pressure hydraulic system, allowed engineers to assess and document the performance of space shuttle main and nose landing gear systems, tires and wheel assemblies, plus braking and nose wheel steering performance. #convair990 #spaceshuttle #nasa

Checking out the cockpit on Nimrod Preservation Group XV232 #xv232 #nimrod #rafmanstonmuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is close up top down view of Orbiter Endeavour OV-105 seen from ISS during STS-111 in 2010. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Checking out Vulcan XA893 at RAF Manston History Museum #xa893 #vulcan #rafmanstonmuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari