Boneyard Safari
Preserving Aviation HIstory

A look back at Challenger aboard 747SCA 905 in Houston for a stop on the way back to the Cape. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Check out the ejection sequence on the S-3 at Pima Air and Space Museum #s3viking #ejectionseat #pimaairandspacemuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Good comparison of a Tico and Burke side by side. #cg47 #ddg51 #boneyardsafari #navalsafari #aviationsafari

Checking out the Buckeye at Pima Air and Space Museum and how it launched from a carrier. #t2buckeye #pimaairandspacemuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Short lived, but an interesting concept at the end of WWII the Ryan FR-1 Fireball, it had a radial engine along with a GE J-31 turbojet. In this photo they are undergoing carrier qualifications aboard USS Ranger CV-4 in May of 1945. #fr1fireball #ussranger #cv4 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is Orbiter Enterprise OV-101 in position on the Space Launch Complex (SLC) #6, commonly known as "SLICK 6", with the work enclosure in place around the shuttle at Vandenberg, AFB in 1985. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

More about the evolution of the straight to angled deck aircraft carrier. #aircraftcarrier #boneyardsafari #navalsafari #aviationsafari

Blackbird or F-16XL? #sr71 #f16xl #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Did you know in March 1985 Orbiter Enterprise OV-101 practiced landing approaches at Vandenberg AFB at night to evaluate performance and systems in darkness? #spaceshuttle #ov101 #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

A bit more about the Space Shuttle launch. #nasa #spaceshuttle #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari