Ejection!
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 #
Work begins
Panel pulling day for Nimrod Preservation Group XV232 #xv232 #nimrod #rafmanstonmuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari
Big John is closer to commissioning
Here is Pre-Commissioning Unit John F. Kennedy CVN-79 underway in the Atlantic during Builder's Trials, Jan. 30, 2026. #ussjohnfkennedy #cvn79 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari #navalsafari
The last probe Air Force aircraft
The last fixed wing Air Force aircraft with a refueling probe. #a10 #aerialrefueling #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari
Viewport
A look through the viewport on Nimrod Preservation Group XV232 #xv232 #nimrod #rafmanstonmuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari
Speed tape anyone…
Who loves speed tape? #speedtape #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari
Carrier Drift
Check out USS Nimitz CVN-68 in the early 80’s doing some drifting! Anybody aboard for the maneuver? #ussnimitz #cvn80 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari #navalsafari
Reserve Fleet
10 years ago at Pearl Harbor, what classes of ships can you identify? #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari #navalsafari
Work begins!
Work starts tomorrow on Nimrod Preservation Group XV232! #xv232 #nimrod #rafmanstonmuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari
Saratoga in 1941
Check out USS Saratoga CV-3 in the summer of 1941, any ideas on the aircraft it was photographed from? #usssaratoga #cv3 #boneyardsafari #navalsafari #aviationsafari
