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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
Revision as of 07:11, 21 January 2021
| B-26K-1 Invader | |||
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| Builders: Douglas Aircraft Company On Mark Engineering | |||
| Operators: United States Air Force | |||
| Number Built: 40 | |||
| First Built: Jan 1963 (YB-26K) First test flight | |||
| GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS | |||
| Type: Light Attack Bomber | |||
| Weight: 25,130 lbs empty 37,000 lbs loaded | |||
| Length: 51' 7 3/16" (inc. guns) | |||
| Height: 19' 0" | |||
| Wingspan: 71'6" (including wingtip tanks) | |||
| Wing Area: 540 Sq. Feet (50.17 m²) | |||
| Speed: 169 mph (cruising) | |||
| Max Speed: 323 mph | |||
| Ceiling: 28,600' | |||
| Powerplant: Pratt & Whitney R-2800-103W | |||
| Horsepower: 2,500 | |||
| Fuel Capacity: 1,600 US Gallons | |||
| Range: 700 miles w/3518 lbs payload 1,480 miles empty | |||
| Crew: 2 | |||
| Passengers: 1 | |||
| ARMAMENT | |||
| Nose Guns: 8x .50 caliber guns | |||
| Dorsal Turret: None | |||
| Ventral Turret: None | |||
| Payload: 8,000 lbs on wings 4,000 lbs internal | |||
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See also: List of Invaders by Serial Number, Serial Numbers starting with 64
Converted from 44-34198.
Named "Special Kay". It is the only operational A-26A/B-26K model aircraft in the world. It is currently operating out of the Dallas/Fort Worth-Meacham Airport, in Texas.
Operational History
14 Apr 1965 - Accepted into USAF Inventory from OnMark Engineering Company in Van Nuys, CA [1]
15 Apr 1965 - Assigned to 1st Air Commando Wing at Hurlburt Field[1]
1 Feb 1966 - Assigned to 4410th Combat Crew Training Wing at Hurlburt Field. [2]
28 Feb 1966 - Assigned to 1st Air Commando Wing at Hurlburt Field [2]
10 May 1966 - Designation changed from B-26K to A-26A while Assigned to 1st Air Commando Wing at England AFB [2]
10 Aug 1966 - Assigned to 1st Air Commando Wing at England AFB [2]
31 Oct 1966 - Assigned to 603rd Air Commando Squadron at England AFB [2]
16 Nov 1966 - Assigned to 1st Air Commando Wing at England AFB [2]
31 May 1967 - 1st Air Commando Wing at England AFB[3]
9 Nov 1967 - Assigned to Sacramento Air Material Area (SMAAR) at McLellan AFB. [3]
12 Feb 1968 - Assigned to 1st Air Commando Wing at England AFB[4]
13 Feb 1968 - Arrived at 1st Air Commando Wing, England AFB. [4]
7 Jul 1968 - 1st Air Commando Wing renamed to 1st Special Operations Wing at England AFB. [5]
4 Mar 1969 - 1st Special Operations Wing at England AFB. [5]
1 Jul 1969 - Assigned to 603rd Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field. [5]
23 Oct 1969 - Assigned to MASCE, Logistics Command at Davis-Monthan AFB. [5]
24 Oct 1969 - Arrived at Davis-Monthan AFB. [6]
27 Oct 1969 - Security Assistance Program Hold Storage at MASCE - Davis-Monthan AFB[5]
1 Sep 1971 - Sold to State of Georgia Forestry Commission as N269G. Stored in open storage in Macon, GA. [6]
1977 - Registered to Airspray, Ltd of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada as C-GXTG, but not delivered as damaged on landing after test flight from Macon and apparently abandoned there.
Oct 1978 - Registered as N4988N with Lynch Flying Service of Billings, MT. Sat in uncovered storage.
2010 - Sold by Lynch Flying Service.
2013 - Moved to Ft. Worth, Meacham Field to undergo restoration at Greatest Generation Aircraft.
8 Jul 2017 - Conducted test flight at Meacham Field. The plane was unfinished aluminum during these flights.
10 Jul 2017 - First "official" flight as the last fully-operational A-26A Invader.
Special Kay is currently operated by the Vintage Flying Museum in Ft. Worth, TX.
http://www.a26k.org
Accidents
1977 - Landing accident.
Crew
Unknown
Civil
James Stanley Reynolds - Owner
Disposition
Operational and flying out of Ft. Worth, TX.
Images
679 at Davis-Monthan.
679 in Billings, MT, owned by Lynch Flying Service.
Unknown images of 679.
Sources
Databases searched:
- AAIR -
- MACR -
- Baugher - http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1964.html
- AMARC - http://www.amarcexperience.com/ui/index.php
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Aerospace Vehicle Report, 1965" Reel AVH-4, Pg 1960 USAFHRA
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Aerospace Vehicle Report, 1966" Reel AVH-6, Pg 1949 USAFHRA
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Aerospace Vehicle Report, 1967" Reel AVH-8, Pg 2753 USAFHRA
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Aerospace Vehicle Report, 1968" Reel AVH-10, Pg 2373 USAFHRA
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Aerospace Vehicle Report, 1969" Reel AVH-13, Pg 2206 USAFHRA
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 www.amarcexperience.com