![]() 02/01/2015 at 16:00 • Filed to: planelopnik, Foxtrot Alpha, boneyard, China Lake | ![]() | ![]() |
[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?
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Taking a guess that the big ones are B-29 (l) and C-97 (r).
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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?
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that tomcat sure is pointy.
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.
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F4
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F111
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F14
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P3 Orion
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Are you sure ? Those wings look fixed.
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Because they blend in very well... my grandfather tested them during the Vietnam War
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This is an F-111.
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This is an RA-5C Vigilante.
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This is an LC-117D.
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Yeah - I need glasses... It's an Aardvark.
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But it has 2 tail fins???
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.
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Nope... 'Speed bumps' This is the only graphic I could find that named that part of the fuselage.
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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.
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Maybe a T-39A Sabreliner ? Check out the wikimapia link I updated the post with...
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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.
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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)
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Not quite...