emergency services doing a little dance for us :)
picture taken from my sekret exit with shortcut back to my car :)
emergency services doing a little dance for us :)
picture taken from my sekret exit with shortcut back to my car :)
I so ran out of time to go see this. Bummer...
poor thing, its nose got stung by a bee... (boeing EC-135E, with big radar)
the 4th hangar in the distance wasn't open yet, but will be in 2016
the map might not look big, but it is big
I would not want to step in this :)
that's going to leave a mark ;)
MXy7-K1, a Japanese Kamikaze cruise missile (i.e. the guidance was a human)
shooting inside the prop, nice idea
The A-3 lifeboat was a rescue boat that could be dropped from a B29 bomber
First MiG 15 that made it to the US thanks to a defector who brought it
RF-101C Voodoo reconnaissance aircraft
Boeing Bird of Prey was built to test stealth technologies
The F22 is of course a formidable aircraft from later years
B-36J Peacemaker, kind of an ironic name for a bomber :)
SM-62 Snark long range nuclear missile
The RF-86F saber was a reconnaissance plane with fake machine guns stickers to look like it's armed
CGM-13B Mace replaced the Matador
B-58A Hustler, the supersonic bomber
nice to see how a plane is inside (F-86H Sabre)
these were taken by a U2 though
leaving planes outside in bad weather like they get in Ohio, definitely has a toll on them, hence restoration work
they redesign new pieces from scratch to match the old ones
This XH-26 Jet Jeep uses pulsejets to turn the main rotor. It was demeed too noisy though.
The avrocar. Is this for real?
XF-85, what a strange beast. A parasite fighter carried by bombers
Tacit Blue tested stealth technology
P-75A, dual in line prop, sleek design, but it wasn't successful
Way before the Osprey, the XV-3, the first tilt rotor aircraft
XV-6A Kestrel, VTOL prototype before the Harrier
XF-91 Thunderceptor, variable incidence wing prototype
The F-107A has a huge air intake on top
The NC-131H was a weird beast, it was designed to feel like other planes for pilot training
trainee pilots go in the front, instructors go in the upper rear and can change the plane's characteristics
the wings have rudders used to simulate other planes and/or tough crosswind landing conditions
Bell X-1B, sound barrier breaker
The X-24A is also a weird beast, used to test gliding conditions back from space (later used by space shuttle)
OMG, the Douglas X-3 is pointy, designed to test high speed high altitude conditions in 1952
another pre-space shuttle near-spacecraft, the Martin X-24B
like baby bird hiding under the mother :)
XF-36 tail less plane used to test fly by wire without a tail
the rascal was a supersonic missile with nuclear warhead
The D-21B was meant to be a drone carried on top of the YF-12A which later became the SR71
I'm not good enough to tell you how the YF-12A differs from the SR71
it's a cool looking plane though
many separately actuated tail surfaces, like lots of small elevons
I need to get a GT3 with low emissions carpool stickers :)
dust being blown away from BRC
temple of promise also being dusted
this is how half BRC can be in a dust storm, and the other half clear
center camp, getting its street watered down
man burnt in the middle, with the sea of art carts around it
art carts like vultures around the next thing to burn :)