On The Ramp At Edwards

"Jcarr" (jcarr) 01/27/2017 at 12:40 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Who can identify everything? Pretty eclectic mix. Not sure when Google took this, but I assume it was fairly recent. Curious about that pointy-nosed C-141.

For Sweden > Jcarr 01/27/2017 at 12:43

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The C-141 looks like a fighter radar testbed

f86sabre > Jcarr 01/27/2017 at 12:47

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two 707s

C-141

B-1B

A-6

F-111

DC-3/C-47

Canberra ( I think)

MonkeePuzzle > Jcarr 01/27/2017 at 12:48

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TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Jcarr 01/27/2017 at 12:54

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Baby jet, little jet, 2 big jets, little green jet, little silver jet, skinny wing jet, big jet with extra wings, baby silver plane, and a BMW plane.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Jcarr 01/27/2017 at 12:55

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Those are planes. I’m 100% sure of this.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > MonkeePuzzle 01/27/2017 at 12:56

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You went through way more effort to make the joke I made, before I made it. And for that I applauded you.

I just noticed the “plain” that’s halarious.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > For Sweden 01/27/2017 at 12:56

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Yep, just what I was about to post.

http://www.fencecheck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=179&t=2386&start=40#p333422

Spaceball-Two > f86sabre 01/27/2017 at 13:00

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A7

DanimalHouse > MonkeePuzzle 01/27/2017 at 13:01

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Is that a Martin B-57 Canberra off to the right???

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Jcarr 01/27/2017 at 13:13

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Dat B-1 doe...

Chariotoflove > MonkeePuzzle 01/27/2017 at 13:15

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You’re on a roll today.

facw > MonkeePuzzle 01/27/2017 at 13:21

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OK, but how about this?

user314 > DanimalHouse 01/27/2017 at 13:35

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Yeah, NASA’s B-57B .

user314 > Jcarr 01/27/2017 at 13:47

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The modified C-141 is Lockheed’s Advanced Radar Test Bed, which (among other projects) tested the radar for the F-22. Check out this pdf of Lockheed’s pamphlet .

Jcarr > user314 01/27/2017 at 13:51

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Fascinating!

Jayhawk Jake > f86sabre 01/27/2017 at 13:58

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Missed the Jetstar. I think the A-6 is an A-7

user314 > Jcarr 01/27/2017 at 15:05

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Now I’m interested in what the rest of those planes did...

That’s the prototype YA-7F Strikefighter , which was to be a stretched, supersonic version of the SLUF.

The F-111 was part of the AFTI program, and was fitted with Boeing-designed Mission Adaptive Wings. The gray stripes on the right wing are presure sensors.

The white C-135 is one of the Speckled Trout aircraft, used as both an executive transport for SecAF and CSAF as well as a test-bed for command and control systems.

The other C-135 is the NC-135A , a testbed for avionics and radar for the B-2 program.

The C-47H (or R4D) was an absolute workhorse for NACA/NASA, shuttling personel, towing the M2-F1,and testing lake beds for the X-15 program.

The C-7 Caribou was (probably) the last one delivered to the Army, and is in the colors of the Golden Knights jump team.

The C-140 JetStar seems to have been a utility transport, its camo scheme notwithstanding.

Jcarr > user314 01/27/2017 at 15:16

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Very interesting

user314 > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 01/27/2017 at 15:17

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Scrap, forgot to look for that one... B-1B 84-0049 “ Thunder From The Sky ” tested ALCM and SRAM II missiles. In Jan 2005 it was sent to Boeing’s facility in Long Beach for wing pivot testing.

f86sabre > Jayhawk Jake 01/27/2017 at 15:21

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Got me on both counts. I almost thought the 111 was a MIG-23. That would have been an odd one.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Jcarr 01/27/2017 at 20:24

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The white one, I’m going to guess, is an E-6 Mercury though the engines on the image aren’t the CFM-56, but a generation older, so I could be wrong. There was an E-6 stationed at Travis AFB when I did my reserves duty there in the late 90s. Beautiful aeroplane.

C-135C Speckled Trout

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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > f86sabre 01/27/2017 at 20:31

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Those C-135s aren’t 707s, but Boeing designated them as the B-717 . The C-135 has a narrower fuselage than the 707.

That happens to be a bit of aviation trivia that I know. The B-707 was the airplane that started it all for me. My brother and I flew on 707s when we were young. They used to stand on the brakes while they spooled up the engines for the takeoff run. I can remember that.

Sam > Jcarr 03/07/2017 at 09:05

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I’m guessing that they put those out there specifically to be photographed by Google. Very cool.