Boneyard Safari
Preserving Aviation HIstory

Another look at RSRA NASA-740 in flight out of Ames over east foothill of the Silicon Valley, CA in 1982. A later experiment involved the "X-Wing" system, a rigid rotor that could be stopped in flight and function as an X-shaped fixed wing. #rsra #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

A look back to 1966 with the deep stall model in the Ames 40x80 foot wind tunnel, it was a swept wing jet transport with t-tail and aft engines, looks remarkably like a…? #ttail #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Did you know the B-52 wasn’t initially designed with an aerial refueling receptacle? #b52 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

A look back at a F-15 Eagle, F-4C Phantom II, F-104 Starfighter, and F-5 Tiger II, top to bottom, on a Tactical Training Luke training mission. The aircraft are, respectively, from the 550th, 310th, 69th, and 425th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron in 1979. #usaf #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is RSRA NASA-740 during a fixed wing ferry flight from NASA Dryden at Edwards Air Force Base in 1984. Note the main rotor was removed. #rsra #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is another look at that speed demon the Bell 533. #huey #bell533 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

A little bit about how USS Forrestal changed naval aviation. #ussforrestal #cv59 #boneyardsafari #navalsafari #aviationsafari

Should we stop Technik Museen Sinsheim Speyer in Germany this year and check out these supersonic birds? #concorde #technikmuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Drop Test Vehicle (SRB-DTV) from NB-52B in 1979. #srb #nasa #b52 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

On the road today! #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari