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AJ-2 SAVAGE LEAVING BRIDGEPORT FOR PENSACOLA 82? N68667

Great looking aeroplane. How many of those are still around?

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BURMA! Sorry, I panicked

Here is another shot of that same A/C. I don't recall ever seeing one of these. They appear to show 2 different paint schemes of the aircraft at that site. They also state it is the sole survivor of 143 built.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled-(AVCO-Lycoming)/North-American-AJ-2/1401344&tbl=photo_info&photo_nr=1&sok=WHERE__(aircraft_generic_%3D_%27North_American_AJ-2_Savage%27)_&sort=_order_by_photo_id_DESC_&prev_id=&next_id=1253369

i didn't know one was still flying!!

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

It looks like just a hop to the Navy Air museum, which probably means it will never fly again.(unless someone knows different)

It is the last Savage and it WAS a flyer. Now currently in the backlot at Pensecola. I wish I could've seen it fly once, since I lived so close. I used to see it at the airport and have a bunch of pics. I even talked my way in to seeing the log book once!

It was a test bed for AVCO Lycoming when they were in old Vought Plant.
At least it was saved and has a good home.
Thanks for posting Ken!
Jerry

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"Always remember that, when you enter the ocean or the forest, you are no longer at the top of the food chain."

My dad remembers seeing it leave the field for FL. Just as he was pulling out of the parking lot and onto the road. Must have been cool.

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Test bed pic for the F-102 program:

http://collections.naval.aviation.museu ... n=16008027


And on display:

http://collections.naval.aviation.museu ... ?irn=27378

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It was a good idea, it just didn't work.

She is one of the birds slated to come in when the new addition is put up. Groundbreaking is in the works

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager

The sooner she gets in out of the weather, the better. Shame to have her in flying condition, then go to a "museum" and rot! As a one of a kind, and many are after the military scrapping and not preserving examples, preservation is preferred to having to rebuild and fight corrosion after years of neglect.

Wow, there's only 1 Savage left in the world and that's it? I didn't know that. What a shame...

There must be some in the ocean somewhere I wonder if underwater salvage efforts of post-WWII aircraft will ever happen...?

There was another one back in the 1970's. It was near Philadelphia and didn't have it's outer wing panels. I believe it was scraped.
There was a photo in Air Classics back then of the Savage sitting in a sad state.
Jerry

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"Always remember that, when you enter the ocean or the forest, you are no longer at the top of the food chain."

Here is a Pic I found online with the 502 extended..



IF you ever get a chance to find a video of one of
these Taxing check out the main gear walking...

Yes, and it was the first XAJ-1, being used for static load tests at the Naval Air Engineering Center. Too bad that some of those '50s Naval birds like the Savage, Mercator and Marlin are now either one-of-one or extinct...

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

I know NMNA has a (the) Marlin..is the Mercator extinct?

Here's a snapshot of the Museum's Savage circa 2005.

SN