EDWARDS AFB OPEN HOUSE 2002

X-45 UCAV

To see the information on these displays, click on the buttons below. You will need the djvu plug-in from www.lizardtech.com  Yeah, its a pain to install a plug-in, but it keeps the file size down. Would you rather have banner ads and pop-ups? Yeah, thought so. The images are a bit grainy due to sharpening to insure that the text can be read after it is compressed.

A video of the X-45 flying around Edwards AFB was shown. Or perhaps a clever computer animation, much like those fake moon landings..... ;-)

(For those who insist on reading the fine print.)

Global Hawk

98-2003 Teledyne Ryan RQ-4A Global Hawk

These markings are on the other side of the plane from another photograph. The markings toward the left with the Global Hawk silhouette indicates missions flow at Edwards. The two kangaroo markings are for missions in Australia. The markings on the right...well...they refused to say what they represented.

U2

NASA 853

This F/A-18 is an upgrade test bed.

161744 (c/n 100) to NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Mar 4, 1999 as NASA 853.

This plane is part of the  Active Aeroelastic Wing (AAW)  project. Some links to the project are:

http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/PAO/PAIS/PDF/FS-061-DFRC.pdf Good explanation of the project, plus some history on the flex of the F/A-18 wing. 

http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2002/q1/nr_020327p.html Note this project is part of Boeing Phantom Works.

http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/gallery/photo/AAW/HTML/EC01-0112-2.html

CV-22 Tilt Rotor

This is the very first thing you saw from the shuttle bus. You really can't appreciate the size of this plane.

X-35 Joint Strike Fighter

I had to make sure the BAE Systems showed up else the folks on the other side of the pond would never forgive me.

N168TP National Test Pilot School

From www.landings.com:

N-number : N168TP Aircraft Serial Number : 1154 Aircraft Manufacturer : SAAB-SCANIA Model : SK35XD Engine Manufacturer : AMA/EXPR Model : UNKNOWN ENG Aircraft Year : 1971 Owner Name : NATIONAL TEST PILOT SCHOOL Owner Address : PO BOX 658 MOJAVE, CA, 93501 Registration Date : 19-Jan-1994 Airworthiness Certificate Type : Experimental Approved Operations : Research and Development

This plane is capable of mach 2 flight. To see more of the planes from the National Test Pilot School, check out http://www.lazygranch.com/mojavesgt.htm

N9M Flying Wing

Just my luck only one prop is showing!

P-51 A10

F117a F16 F16 F15 F15

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C17 cargo drop

The photo at the left is of the grid pattern just above the landing gear.

B1B

Note the wings are pulled back in this photograph.

Bomb bay door open and afterburners employed.

Fake bomb blast See the real thing on the Capstone webpage.

Afterburner shot where the plane is quite some distance from the crowd (which explains why the shot is grainy)  Note the vapor trails from the wing tips.

F15

F117a

Nice of them to leave the canopy open. Check out the heads-up display.

YA-10B

This is a warthog that other warthogs would call ugly. However, its appearance is due to the fact that it is in the process of being restored. The plane is notable in that it is the first A10.

YA-7F

[This must be the light version. ;-) ]

SR-71

61-7967 (c/n 2018) transferred to NASA in July 1999. In flyable storage at Edwards AFB.

Red Bull

Now comes Miller time, er make that Red Bull Mig17 time.