Boneyard Safari
Preserving Aviation HIstory

A tugboat guides the Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS) back into its mooring location at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Dec. 18 2024 after the ship rotated 180 degrees. Repositioning the SDTS enabled painters to work from a pontoon boat to paint the port side of the hull after recently completing the starboard side. The work completed more than a year of upgrades and renovations for the ship, which serves as a key platform for testing and evaluating Navy weapon system

The Orion parachute system during the testing phase of its descent after an air launch from a C-17 aircraft on Wednesday, July 18, 2012. This was a test version of the Orion during Capsule Parachute Assembly System project tests at the U.S. Army Proving Ground, near Yuma, AZ #orioncapsule #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Dave & Gareth have been working hard today on Nimrod Preservation Group XV232 #xv232 #nimrod #rafmanstonmuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is the NASA-Boeing X-48C Hybrid/Blended Wing Body research aircraft banked left during one of its final test flights over Edwards AFB from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Feb. 28, 2013. #x48c #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Check out the DHA-3 Drover Mk 2 at Pima Air and Space Museum #drover #dha3 #pimaairandspacemuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Well done Dave & Gareth, number 3 and 4 rear engine covers have been removed on Nimrod Preservation Group XV232! #xv232 #nimrod #rafmanstonmuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Work has begun on Nimrod Preservation Group XV232 for #nimrodroadtrip #xv232 #nimrod #rafmanstonmuseum #boneyardsafari

It’s time for the rear engine covers on Nimrod Preservation Group XV232 to be removed! #xv232 #nimrod #nimrodroadtrip #rafmanstonmuseum #boneyardsafari

An instrumented mannequin ejects, with help of pyrotechnics, from a specially modified YF-4J drone at the Naval Warfare Center Weapons Division at China Lake, CA, on Wednesday May 19, 1999. The test was the final flight in NASA’s ejection seat research, which began in 1995 at NASA’s Armstrong (then Dryden) Flight Research Center in Edwards, CA. The project was a collaboration between NASA, the Naval Warfare Center, and the Canada’s Department of National Defense. #f4phantom #

Panel pulling day for Nimrod Preservation Group XV232 #xv232 #nimrod #rafmanstonmuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari