Blackbird Airpark & Joe Davies Heritage Airpark

[Bernoulli Fan]

Palmdale, CA


Lockheed Jetstar

F-101 Voodoo

F-5 Freedom Fighter

F-4 Phantom

U-2 vertical stab and engine

F-14 tail

F-14 ordnance

U-2

Skunk Works was here

 

[MikeD]

F-14 ordnance

The external fuel tanks?

 

[Bernoulli Fan]

The external fuel tanks?

Really? I just assumed given the bowling-ball-with-fuse decal.

Hey, everything I fly keeps the tanks in the wing.

 

[MikeD]

Really? I just assumed given the bowling-ball-with-fuse decal.

Hey, everything I fly keeps the tanks in the wing.

That Felix the Cat decal is just the squadron emblem of the jet's squadron, VF-31, the TomCatters.

 

[Cal Goat]

What? No F-104???

 

[Bernoulli Fan]

What? No F-104???

No, but here's an F-117

 

[staledog]

What? No F-104???

Since you mention an F-104, here's a fun fact that some of you may not know.

The Mitsubishi MU-2's landing gear is an exact copy of the gear on the F-104.

(learned that 2 years ago in MU-2 school)

 

[Cal Goat]

No, but here's an F-117

Cool, but not nearly as sexy as the F-104.

Since you mention an F-104, here's a fun fact that some of you may not know.

The Mitsubishi MU-2's landing gear is an exact copy of the gear on the F-104.

(learned that 2 years ago in MU-2 school)

Also not as sexy as the F-104.

 

[MikeD]

No, but here's an F-117

783 is essentially an empty shell. No instrumentation anymore, the data probes are fake, RAM stripped and painted black, and intake ice cube trays removed.

 

[staledog]

783 is essentially an empty shell. No instrumentation anymore, the data probes are fake, RAM stripped and painted black, and intake ice cube trays removed.

poor thing

 

[Bernoulli Fan]

Found some ordnance! At least, I think so. Could be external fuel tanks. Not sure. No bomb decals...MikeD?

 

[///AMG]

^^ Is that a B-63 shell (or whatever the GP nuke was back in the day)?

Cool pics, I wonder if that -101 was one of the ones they used to chase Oxcart @ Groom Lake

Also, the Sniper F-5's look much better in the air

 

[MikeD]

Also, the Sniper F-5's look much better in the air

Not when they're getting nose-on near one's six........

 

[MikeD]

Found some ordnance! At least, I think so. Could be external fuel tanks. Not sure. No bomb decals...MikeD?

That is ordnance row.

The first one is a B61 shape. Second one is a Mk20 Rockeye CBU. Third one is a CBU-52/58. Can't make out the fourth.


USN A-7E attacking a USAF B-29 on the China Lake range utilizing a Mk20 Rockeye CBU:

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[Bernoulli Fan]

Bigger ordnance: the AGM-28 Hound Dog. North American's solution to equipping the B-52 with an A-S missile. Range 597 miles at 1,200 mph according to the sign. Also according to the sign: Armament -- thermonuclear warhead (removed).