Boneyard Safari
Preserving Aviation HIstory

Here is the view of Edwards AFB from Orbiter Challenger OV-99 in 1983, returning from STS-6. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Learning about the B-23 Dragon at Pima Air and Space Museum #b23 #pimaairandspacemuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is a liquid hydrogen tank and liquid oxygen tank for the Space Shuttle external tank (ET) being assembled in the weld assembly area of the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in 1977. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

A little bit about the X-47B. #xb47 #mq25 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Orbiter Columbia OV-102 featured a distinctive pod on top of its vertical tail stabilizer, housing the Shuttle Infrared Leeside Temperature Sensing (SILTS) experiment. Installed after mission STS-9, this infrared camera system observed thermal heating on the fuselage and left wing during reentry, the camera system was removed after the 1991 mission STS-61C. #silts #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is Orbiter Enterprise OV-101 being held aloft by a yellow sling and a set of cranes after it was removed from the top of NASA's 747SCA at John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport in 2012. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Check out USS Antietam CVS-36 during project Strato-lab in which the first manned balloon carrier landing was made. The balloon was manned by CDR. Malcolm D. Ross, USNR and LCDR Victor A. Prather, USN. April 29, 1961. #ussantietam #cvs36 #stratolab #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is a YF-12 launching an AIM-47, firings typically occurred between Mach 2.1 and Mach 3.2 at altitudes ranging from 64,000 to 74,000 feet. Testing took place between 1964 and 1966. #yf12 #aim47 #blackbird #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

A little bit about the XB-51. #xb51 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

A bit more about the Forrestal Class aircraft carriers. #ussforrestal #cv59 #boneyardsafari #navalsafari #aviationsafari