F-51 China Lake 1972-74
Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:37 am
Recoiless rifle tests at China Lake, 1972.
These pictures were found on the China Lake Archives site;
http://www.chinalakealumni.org/1973.htm
These pictures were found on the China Lake Archives site;
http://www.chinalakealumni.org/1973.htm
Last edited by RickH on Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:46 am, edited 1 time in total.
Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:44 am
make that a Cavalier F-51
the photos on the 1974 page are even better
http://www.chinalakealumni.org/1974.htm
for all these photos without watermarks - e-mail me please
Martin
the photos on the 1974 page are even better
http://www.chinalakealumni.org/1974.htm
for all these photos without watermarks - e-mail me please
Martin
so the crew chief crawled out on the wing to reload it
Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:05 pm
after the shot? 
Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:52 pm
Below are 2 photos taken of 68-15796 at United States Air Foprce Armanent Museum, Eglin AFB, 02/27/93.
bill word
bill word
Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:10 pm
Looking at the paint job at China Lake I'm guessing that it was one of the Mustangs used as chase for the Cheyenne project ?
Bill, the China Lake info says that this aircraft is 68-15795. Is 96 the other chase aircraft ? If I remember correctly there were two.
Bill, the China Lake info says that this aircraft is 68-15795. Is 96 the other chase aircraft ? If I remember correctly there were two.
Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:31 pm
Rick,
first the id for 1973 is 68-15795, but for the one in 1974 it is id'd as 68-15796 (see Swiss Mustangs post)
There actually were 3 Mustangs 0-72990 used for initial evaluation and then also acquiring 2 others (Cavaliers) 68-15795 and 68-15796.
68-19795 is at Minnesota ANG Museum, Minneapolis
68-19796 at Eglin AFB Museum
0-72990 at Army Air Museum, Ft Rucker (see below)
Photo taken Army Aviation Museum, Ft Rucker, Alabama 10-22-96
first the id for 1973 is 68-15795, but for the one in 1974 it is id'd as 68-15796 (see Swiss Mustangs post)
There actually were 3 Mustangs 0-72990 used for initial evaluation and then also acquiring 2 others (Cavaliers) 68-15795 and 68-15796.
68-19795 is at Minnesota ANG Museum, Minneapolis
68-19796 at Eglin AFB Museum
0-72990 at Army Air Museum, Ft Rucker (see below)
Photo taken Army Aviation Museum, Ft Rucker, Alabama 10-22-96
Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:02 pm
And to round out Bill's excellent images, here are a couple that I took of 68-15795 at the Minnesota Air Guard Museum a couple of years ago in her new paint scheme.
Steve
Steve
Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:20 pm
Love that chopped-off tailcap so they could 'get rid' of the Cavalier tail.
FWIW, I will have the "there I was" story from the pilot who flew the 106mm rifle tests in my Cavalier Mustang book, whenever that gets published. Very interesting stuff.
FWIW, I will have the "there I was" story from the pilot who flew the 106mm rifle tests in my Cavalier Mustang book, whenever that gets published. Very interesting stuff.
Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:40 am
Randy Haskin wrote:Love that chopped-off tailcap so they could 'get rid' of the Cavalier tail.
Yeah, isn't that great?
The paint job looks pretty good though. The pics don't do it justice as it was pretty dark and overcast that day I took them.
Looking forward to your book Randy.
Steve
Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:56 pm
Nice tie-downs!!
70s Army P-51s
Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:41 pm
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...at Chino-AeroSport...1972...
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...at Chino-AeroSport...1972...
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Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:09 pm
Randy Haskin wrote:Love that chopped-off tailcap so they could 'get rid' of the Cavalier tail.
FWIW, I will have the "there I was" story from the pilot who flew the 106mm rifle tests in my Cavalier Mustang book, whenever that gets published. Very interesting stuff.
Well, if you're still grounded then you have lot sof time to hammer that thing out! get cracking!
What ARE you doing these days? I've been out of the loop a while now...
Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:29 am
muddyboots wrote:Well, if you're still grounded then you have lot sof time to hammer that thing out! get cracking!
F-15Es were only grounded for the first little bit -- it is the C model that had the extended grounding, so I've continued flying ops normal.
It is that 'ops normal' which has basically pushed the book to the back-burner. The pace of work here overseas is dramatically -- dramatically -- higher than it ever was at assignments stateside. I barely have time to even be at my home seeing my family, much less spending time at the computer writing and researching the book.
To be honest, I'm at a stopping point that is just going to take dedicated time to get over -- there are two large photo collections in the US that I need to obtain, as well as some significant editing to the text. Neither of those two things are the sort of item I can take care of during a couple spare hours on the weekend, so until that happens I'm at a standstill.
That's what I get for not being a professional writer. When 'real life' gets racheted up in intensity, the hobbies on the periphery get pushed to the side until time becomes available to work on them in earnest.
Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:14 pm
Swiss Mustangs wrote:make that a Cavalier F-51
the photos on the 1974 page are even better
http://www.chinalakealumni.org/1974.htm
for all these photos without watermarks - e-mail me please
Martin
Wow, thanks for the link. Those are some great photos! Are they available anywhere larger and without watermarks? Anyone have Peter Foster's contact info??
Guess those F-89s, RF-84s, and A-1s were all destroyed as ground targets at some point
