Boneyard Safari
Preserving Aviation HIstory

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 #

The launch hooks on the YF-4J at Pima Air and Space Museum #yf4j #f4phantom #pimaairandspacemuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Checking out the Thunderbird Phantom south of Tucson! #f4phantom #thunderbird #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Did you know Iran bought F-4’s before the Shah’s overthrow in 1979? #f4phantom #iran #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is a Royal Navy Phantom launching off of an aircraft carrier, you can see the launch bridle has separated from the aircraft. #f4phantom #royalnavy #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

A look at the mockup for the inlet of the F-4X Super Phantom it would have been able to reach Mach 3. #f4x #f4phantom #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is a mockup on the F-4X Super Phantom inlet and nose, a significant increase in size compared to the standard one. #f4x #f4phantom #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

A look at the bridle system for launch a Phantom. #f4phantom #catapult #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Phantom Friday at Pima Air and Space Museum #f4phantom #f15 #pimaairandspacemuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

A look at the catapult launch bridle attached to a Phantom. #f4phantom #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari