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747 Space Shuttle Transport at Joe Davies Heritage Airpark
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Boeing B-52F Stratofortress ‘70038’ (27373655570)
c/n 17432. US military serial 57-0038. This is now the only remaining complete example of an ‘F’ model B-52. On display at the Joe Davies Heritage Airpark, Palmdale, CA, USA. 29-2-2016
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F-105 Thunderchief at Joe Davie Heritage Airpark
F-14 Tomcat at Joe Davie Heritage Airpark
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Lockheed F-104N Starfighter ‘812’ (N812NA) (27104185404)
c/n 683C-4053. Built in 1963 directly for NASA, this ‘104’ has no military history or serial. Originally numbered ‘012’ it was later renumbered as ‘812’ with the civil registration N812NA. It flew as a high-speed chase aircraft, including for the X-29 program, until retired in December 1986. Initially used for spares, it later became part of the AFFTC museum. In 1997 it moved to Palmdale where Loc
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Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk (80-0785) (27716590175)
c/n A.4010. US military serial 80-0785. Aside from being one of very few preserved ‘Nighthawks’, this 117 has a story of its own. The first production F-117A, it crashed on 20th April 1982 at Tonopah, NV, during its maiden flight. The fly-by-wire flight controls were incorrectly installed with pitch and yaw being swapped. The pilot, Robert Ridenhauer, survived, but the 117 was written off and neve
Palmdale Transportation Center 2135 02
The Palmdale Transportation Center in Palmdale, California, USA.
Slide Tower A entrance
Rattler's Revenge, The Wildcatter, The Devil's Punchbowl.
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54-2299 North American F-100D Super Sabre (52872104339)
A return visit to the Blackbird Air Park at Palmdale for me, but a first visit for my son, This is the only place in the world where you can see both types of Lockheed Blackbird - the A-12 and the SR-71 side by side, together with a U2 and the D21 drone for the blackbird. The guides here are mostly retired Lockheed employees and ours had worked directly for Kelly Johnson on the design of the SR-71
Palmdale from Lamont Odett Vista Point
joe davies heritage airpark
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