Test platform
Pop quiz, can you name a ship that tested weapons from after WWII through platforms used today? #boneyardsafari #navalsafari #aviationsafari
In the air again
The Quiet One is headed to Cincinnati today, where should they stop for lunch? #500p #thequietone #md500 #boneyardsafari
Ekrano what!
Did you know there is one Ekranoplan left, it’s on the shore of the Caspian Sea. #ekranoplan #groundeffect #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari
NASA Harriers
Check out AV-8B (NASA-719) and AV-8C (NASA-704) being tested in flight over NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, in 1987. #av8b #av8c #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari
Missile system on the F-102
How the Delta Dagger stored its missiles at Pima Air and Space Museum #f102 #deltadagger #pimaairandspacemuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari
VSTOL DC-9?
Did you know there was a DC-9 Large-Scale lift fan, vertical and/or short take-off and landing (V/STOL), transport model tested at NASA in 1971? #dc9 #vstol #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari
Monster
Who recognizes this beauty of a flying aircraft? #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari
Ju-52 in action
The workhorse for the Germans, the Ju-52. #ju52 #wwii #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari
Phased Array Radars
It wasn’t till the introduction of the Ticonderoga Class Aegis Cruisers did the U.S. Navy have a phased array radar system again in the 1980’s. #phasedarray #cg47 #boneyardsafari #navalsafari
D-21
Let’s check out the D-21 at Pima Air and Space Museum #d21 #blackbird #pimaairandspacemuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari
