Need Help With Yanks Museum IDs

[mrhenniger]

Last month I posted a report on my trip to the Yanks Air Museum in Chino, CA....
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... ight=yanks

I managed to go though my list of aircraft at the museum which I photographed and added comments to the photos in my Webshots album for that visit...
http://community.webshots.com/album/268853618UNxsYa

The problem is that I have not been able to ID all of the airframes. I have already received some help (see list at end of this edditted posted), but there are still some that remained unidentified and I could use more help!

Unidentified Airframe #3...
http://community.webshots.com/photo/268 ... 9243OlGArC
http://community.webshots.com/photo/268 ... 9598yaxMvm
...Thanks to BDK we have narrowed this one down to; c/n 469 c/r N3865B, or, c/n 538, c/r N374K. Do you know which of these two this airframe is?

Unidentified Airframe #4...
http://community.webshots.com/photo/268 ... 3498lGHVOC
...This is of course a Curtiss Jenny, one of two at the museum. I have not been able to find an ID for this one, but I know it is not c/n D-51. Do you know the s/n or c/n?

Unidentified Airframe #8...
http://community.webshots.com/photo/268 ... 7772JLrusH
http://community.webshots.com/photo/268 ... 9944WtOdQV
...I think this is a CH-3 Pelican. Apparently the museum has two of these airframes, but I don't know the ID of either. Do you have a s/n, c/n or c/r for this airframe.

Unidentified Airframe #14...
http://community.webshots.com/photo/268 ... 8626QYVsAR
...This is a Phantom, but I didn't note the s/n. There seems to be a marking on the aft fuselage, but even with the hi-res original I can't read it. Does anyone know the ID of this airframe?

TIA for any help you can provide.

Mike


MANY HAVE AREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED THANKS TO THE POWER OF THE WIX...

Thanks to Jim: Hawker Hunter T.7, s/n XL576 RAF, NX576NL, Mach Two Inc. ...
http://community.webshots.com/photo/268 ... 3597zRMskG

Thanks to Tony: BT-13B, s/n 42-89607* USAAF, c/n 79-326*, c/r N4425Y, Yanks Air Museum...
http://community.webshots.com/photo/268 ... 9286GtpLls
http://community.webshots.com/photo/268 ... 9861ePewZu
*Tony noted this is an assumed ID since the true ID could note be determined at the time of the registration.

Thanks to Tony: Thanks to Tony Edmonds: N3N-3, s/n 2621 USN, c/r N44757, Charles F. Nichols...
http://community.webshots.com/photo/268 ... 0518lXybTt

Thanks to Tony: F-14A-135-GR, s/n 162607 USN, c/n 529, Yanks Air Museum...
http://community.webshots.com/photo/268 ... 7054KsGyJj

Thanks to Tony: CH-3E, s/n 62-12578 USAF, Yanks Air Museum...
http://community.webshots.com/photo/268 ... 6977pDTFbI

Thanks to Tony: B-52F-105-BO, s/n 57-42 USAF, c/n 17436, Yanks Air Museum
http://community.webshots.com/photo/268 ... 6533vakTGL

Thanks to Tony: A-4B, s/n 142892 USN, c/n 11954, Yanks Air Museum
http://community.webshots.com/photo/268 ... 7013iQFMOj

Thanks to BDK: Ryan B-1, c/n 141, c/r N6956, Charles F. Nichols
http://community.webshots.com/photo/268 ... 3581jeZiyQ

Thanks to BDK: L-5, c/n 76-189, c/r N723E, Charles F. Nichols Trustee
http://community.webshots.com/photo/268 ... 3880BVZIcK

Thanks to Chris and m50a1ontos: This appears to be a test rig for ejection seats. The crosses on it could be for reference when filming slow motion test footage while possibly on a rocket sled. It may have been built to represent the cockpit of a T-45.
Unidentified Airframe #13...
http://community.webshots.com/photo/268 ... 7095KJyKvY

Thanks to Todd: C-47A-30-DL, s/n 42-23668 USAAF, c/n 9530, c/r N60480, J. W. Duff DBA
http://community.webshots.com/photo/268 ... 8856nzVMhw

Last edited by mrhenniger on Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:22 am, edited 5 times in total.

[AirJimL2]

The Hunter is T.7 XL576 ex-N576NL. It crashed in Arizona in 1999.

Jim

[Tony Edmonds]

Hi Mike

I can help with following i.d.

Airframe 1
Vultee BT13B marked M/434 civil reg N4425Y c/n and mil serial not confirmed as when registered museum reportedly could not prove id so used 42-89607!

Airframe 2
NAF N3N-3 N44757 2621

Airframe 7
F14A serial 162607 coded 204 on other side of nose should be coded 232

Airframe 9
CH-3E 62-12578

Airframe 11
B52F 57-0042 ex Santa Monica museum

Airframe 12
A4B 142892

Hope these help Mike

Best regards
Tony

[mrhenniger]

Hope these help Mike

Well.... YEAH!

Thanks!

Mike

[Dave C]

Not sure what the #'s are on the two but they are Sikorsky HH-52 Sea Guardians and not HH-3 Pelicans.

I read somewhere that Pima had several airframes that have sinced moved on.


Dave

[bdk]

Unidentified Airframe #3...

http://162.58.35.241/acdatabase/nnumsql ... ertxt=374K
http://162.58.35.241/acdatabase/nnumsql ... rtxt=3865B

Don't know which is which!

Unidentified Airframe #4...

Maybe this one: http://162.58.35.241/acdatabase/nnumsql ... ertxt=1563

Unidentified Airframe #5...

http://162.58.35.241/acdatabase/nnumsql ... ertxt=6956

Unidentified Airframe #6...

Maybe this one: http://162.58.35.241/acdatabase/nnumsql ... ertxt=723E

[Chris Brame]

Maybe not a trainer per se; looks more like a test rig for ejection seats. The crosses on it could be for reference when filming slo-mo test footage; maybe on a rocket sled?

[m50a1ontos]

That "training aid" is a rocket powered ejection seat test sled. Not sure off hand which aircraft it represents...T-45?

[Todd Hackbarth]

The DC-3 is C-47A-30-DL c/n 9530 42-23668 ex-N7252N N60480

[mrhenniger]

Unidentified Airframe #4...
Maybe this one: http://162.58.35.241/acdatabase/nnumsql ... ertxt=1563

Actually I think that one is the Jenny that they have fully restored. It is on the floor underneath the Jenny without skin hanging from the ceiling.

Thanks for all your info, it helps. If you happen to be driving by Yanks some time, could you see if there are any markings on the F-4 that might help ID the airframe?

Thanks for the info!

Mike