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[super-bee_ski]

Mid 60s Edwards AFB buildings 1881, 1870, 1874 and 1864
Posted by snakeyes:

Same buildings today 02 August 2017 0615Hrs PST

 

[super-bee_ski]

I can NOT snap a pic of our new Facility (We just relocated) but it is the exact same facility that the Jackie Cochran and Col Chuck Yeager pic was shot at.....

 

[super-bee_ski]

Cool pics snakeyes
You have some neat vintage pics of Edwards AFB back in the 50s and 60s!
G-R-E-A-T Research!

 

[super-bee_ski]

I can NOT snap a pic of our new Facility (We just relocated) but it is the exact same facility that the Jackie Cochran and Col Chuck Yeager pic was shot at.....


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This is when Chuck was commandant of the Air Force Test Pilot school......

 

[Bladecutter]

Looks like the Northrup F-23 black widow to me....

Ski, is F-23 a Military designation?
cuz the Northrup assignage is
P-61

 

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[Photon440]

Looks like one of Chris Hadfields' ISS photos of Edwards salt lake. Nice!

 

[super-bee_ski]

Ski, is F-23 a Military designation?
cuz the Northrup assignage is
P-61

The F-23 Black Widow that I'm talking about is the competitor to the F-22
In the post, there is a Canadian Aircraft that looks like this:
Northrups F-23
(Which is rumored to be flying somewhere, an advanced design for limited Recon)

Northrups F-23:

 

[super-bee_ski]

Check out my Posts: 511 and 512 on this thread
Pics I took at the AFFTC Museum (AFFTC=Air Force Flight Test Center Museum)

Early and first version:

 

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[super-bee_ski]

More early development Lifting Body Edwards AFB 1963

 

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[super-bee_ski]

Looks like one of Chris Hadfields' ISS photos of Edwards salt lake. Nice!

Sadly, we are not a Salt Lake....

2 Dry Lake beds
1. Rogers dry lake bed
2. Muroc dry Lake bed

We used to have the "SCTA" Southern Calif Timing Association race out here mid 90s
But after 911 and some advanced development programs, the Edward AFB and Dry Lakes are now CLOSED to everyone except Military and Civilians working here.

 

[snakeyes]

Rogers Dry Lake runways