This Starfighter, c/n 183-1078, was originally delivered as F-104A 56-0790. Several printed and online sources indicate that it was modified to NF-104A to replace N813NA, and subsequently modified to YF-104G.*
Edwards Air Force Base
November 1999
(Scanned 35mm color film negative)
*References:
www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1956.html
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N802NA, a Vought F-8C Crusader modified to demonstrate digital fly-by-wire technology. Originally delivered to the US Navy as F8U-2 BuNo 145546.
For more about the NASA Digital Fly-By-Wire project, see:
www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-024-DFR...
Edwards Air Force Base
November 1999
(Scanned 35mm color film negative)
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Boeing 767-400, MSN 29705, registered N76400 for flight test program.
As of April 2015, this aircraft was still in service with Delta Airlines with US registration N827MH.
Edwards Air Force Base
November 1999
(Scanned 35mm color film negative)
Lockheed T-33A s/n 52-9846, at the US AIr Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB.
"CAPT TOM STAFFORD" is painted on the canopy rail of the forward cockpit. Thomas P. Stafford was a US Air Force pilot, astronaut, and commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center. See:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_P._Stafford
Edwards Air Force Base
November 1999
(Scanned 35mm color film negative)
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On display near the US Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB, much of this aircraft is NF-104A s/n 56-0760. According to Joe Baugher's serial number database, it also incorporates parts from NF-104A s/n 56-0756 and another F-104.*
"COL Chuck Yeager" is painted on the canopy rail.
Edwards Air Force Base
November 1999
(Scanned 35mm color film negative)
*Reference:
www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1956.html
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