China Lake 'Scrap Yard' - Shall we play a game? [UPDATED]

"doodon2whls" (doodon2whls) 02/01/2015 at 16:00 • Filed to: planelopnik, Foxtrot Alpha, boneyard, China Lake

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[Click for uncropped image] UPDATE: Well, well, well... !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! has them all identified... Commenters below were damn close and I need my eyes checked...

Tyler's post with the amazing Blackbird+Tomcat+Phantom flyover photo got me snooping around China Lake via GoogleMaps and I found a small scrap yard on the SE corner of the airfield. How many A/C can you ID?

I can only ID a few... Tomcat, Phantom, Prowler? (Nope-Intruder).... What are the two hulking bombers?

McMike > doodon2whls 02/01/2015 at 11:04

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Taking a guess that the big ones are B-29 (l) and C-97 (r).

Viggen > doodon2whls 02/01/2015 at 11:13

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Two A-6 Intruders, one RA-5C Vigilante, one F-8 Crusader, one QF-4N Phantom II, one F-111B, two T-39 Sabreliners, two R4D Skytrains.

The less complete bomber might be a B-29 or B-50. The one towards the top, I'm not sure, possibly a C-97 or KC-97?

DrScientist > doodon2whls 02/01/2015 at 11:44

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that tomcat sure is pointy.

user314 > Viggen 02/01/2015 at 12:50

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According to this , it's B-29 #44-70102 Here's Hoping . Wikimapia tags the other as a KC-97G.

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > doodon2whls 02/01/2015 at 14:12

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F4

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > doodon2whls 02/01/2015 at 14:12

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F111

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > doodon2whls 02/01/2015 at 14:13

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F14

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > doodon2whls 02/01/2015 at 14:13

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P3 Orion

doodon2whls > Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen 02/01/2015 at 15:56

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Are you sure ? Those wings look fixed.

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > doodon2whls 02/01/2015 at 16:02

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Because they blend in very well... my grandfather tested them during the Vietnam War

doodon2whls > Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen 02/01/2015 at 16:06

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This is an F-111.

doodon2whls > Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen 02/01/2015 at 16:06

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This is an RA-5C Vigilante.

doodon2whls > Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen 02/01/2015 at 16:07

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This is an LC-117D.

doodon2whls > DrScientist 02/01/2015 at 16:07

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Yeah - I need glasses... It's an Aardvark.

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > doodon2whls 02/01/2015 at 16:10

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But it has 2 tail fins???

user314 > doodon2whls 02/01/2015 at 16:11

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Well, it is a B model 'Vark (aka Seapig), so you're not that far off.

doodon2whls > Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen 02/01/2015 at 16:30

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Nope... 'Speed bumps' This is the only graphic I could find that named that part of the fuselage.

ttyymmnn > doodon2whls 02/01/2015 at 16:50

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I think this one is a T-1 Jayhawk . It's the primary trainer for pilots who will fly multi-engine jets like the C-17.

doodon2whls > ttyymmnn 02/01/2015 at 16:53

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Maybe a T-39A Sabreliner ? Check out the wikimapia link I updated the post with...

ttyymmnn > doodon2whls 02/01/2015 at 17:23

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The Wiki doesn't ID this one. I think the one above both it and the F-4 is a Sabreliner. I'm fairly certain they are different planes. It may just be the angle of the sun, though.

DrScientist > doodon2whls 02/02/2015 at 09:43

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oh. i wasn't even questioning your accuracy. just pointing out how narrow the overall angle is on the swept wings. im not an expert on fighters and bombers.

so... i guess...

that aardvark sure is pointy! (not sure if that sentence has ever been uttered before)

DJ Seatbuckets > doodon2whls 06/07/2016 at 17:16

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Not quite...