by "For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
Published 09/20/2017 at 20:46
by "For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
Published 09/20/2017 at 20:46
Tags: Planelopnik
; Boeing 727
; N289MT
STARS: 6
Keep Oppo N289MT
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
09/20/2017 at 20:59, STARS: 2
Keep Oppo N794AJ.
"Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch" (bman76)
09/20/2017 at 21:00, STARS: 4
Needs more hat
"MrDakka" (mrdakka)
09/20/2017 at 21:13, STARS: 2
Testbed you say?
Its like Lego for aerospace engineers
"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
09/20/2017 at 21:33, STARS: 3
I sincerely hope that they restore this aircraft to its former glory and put it in a museum somewhere.
In a box around here somewhere I still have my old personalized plates that match the reg on this aircraft, N757A, as well as a frame picked up at the museum of flight that reads “My other vehicle is a Boeing 757". Yeah, I’m a little biased...
"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
09/20/2017 at 21:35, STARS: 1
I know that one well having seen it at the Continental hangar over at LAX on numerous occasions. Between this one and all of the automotive prototypes and race cars over at the Imperial Cargo Complex, there were some great things about working on the ramp. Too bad I didn’t have a camera phone back in those days...
"Aremmes" (aremmes)
09/20/2017 at 21:59, STARS: 1
Keep Oppo forward-swept.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/20/2017 at 21:59, STARS: 4
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/20/2017 at 22:05, STARS: 3
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/20/2017 at 22:26, STARS: 2
"user314" (user314)
09/21/2017 at 12:46, STARS: 0
Late to the party...
B-52 testing engines for the C-5:
SR-71 61-7959 ‘ Big Tail ’ mod - a thirteen foot extended tail was fabricated to house additional ECM gear, along with an optical bar camera
YB-58A 55-0665 “Snoopy” - The sixth B-58 built, modified to test the AN/ASG-18 radar for the XF-108 (later reused in the YF-12) and redesignated as an NB-58.
Snoopy sat as a target at Edwards AFB for decades before being acquired by
The Flight Test Historical Foundation
, who is working to restore it.
NB-36H “Crusader” - Originally a B-36H that was tossed by a tornado, the Crusader was rebuilt into a testbed for a program to evaluate nuclear-powered engines.
"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn)
09/21/2017 at 14:18, STARS: 0
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/21/2017 at 14:30, STARS: 0
Here’s a hint: that’s not a B-29.
"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn)
09/21/2017 at 14:49, STARS: 0
Clearly some kind of test bed. Is that a B-50 that has been converted?
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/21/2017 at 15:32, STARS: 0
Nope. Not a B-50. Here’s a big hint: it’s not American.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/21/2017 at 15:36, STARS: 1
There’s a very small clue in this picture.
"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn)
09/21/2017 at 17:42, STARS: 0
Not American makes it a Tu-4. What I don’t get is the cabin / cockpit on the inboard nacelle.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/21/2017 at 17:51, STARS: 1
It’s a pretty recherché question, and I only happened to stumble upon it when looking for photos for the turboprop B-17 post I made earlier today. Yes, it’s a Tu-4, and the crazy thing attached to the wing is the forward fuselage and engine of the Tu-91 , a prototype naval attack aircraft that was under development at a time when Stalin envisioned huge fleets of aircraft carriers. When Stalin died, and the carriers were canceled, the Tu-91 got canceled along with them.
"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn)
09/21/2017 at 18:10, STARS: 0
You’ll appreciate this modelers thread I ran across. Someone went through the trouble of putting together a model of the Tu-4 test aircraft by grafting a couple models together.
"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn)
09/21/2017 at 18:15, STARS: 0
Here is the build thread for the testbed.
http://www.flankers-site.co.uk/model_tu-91.html#Tu-4_with_Tu-91_Testbed
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/21/2017 at 18:24, STARS: 0
I saw that photo, but didn’t dig into it. Those are some skills I wish I had. That’s really well done. However, how could you be sure it’s a Tu-4 and not a B-29? When the Russians copied the B-29, they did it rivet for rivet, all the way down to copying the “Boeing” on the rudder pedals.
Edit: I clicked on your link and saw that he started with a B-29.