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  • Testing
    ...the development phase led to a very finely tuned design. Most of the early test pilots, including Col. Stan Umstead, had nothing but positive things to say Test flights did not begin until 10 July 1942. Test pilot Ben Howard flew the plane in front of Douglas and Army officials. Upo
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  • 43-22644
    Outfitted as a test bed to carry the bouncing bombs used in [[Project Speedee]]. Destroyed 28 Apr 1945 during weapons test as part of [[Project Speedee]].
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  • VX-1
    !colspan="4"|Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 ...n. It will contain information about US Navy JD-1 Invaders assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VX-1).
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  • NAOTS Project
    The NAOTS Project was the Naval Aviation Ordnance Test Station. It was a research & development unit that was based out of Chincot ...of the project here: [[File:46472842-A-New-Dimension-Wallops-Island-Flight-Test-Range-the-First-Fifteen-Years.pdf]]
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  • 41-39120
    ...ivered to NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) to serve as a test plane. It was at NACA's Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, VA from M 23 Feb 1945. Test Group. Pilot Dana L. Jones. In a landing accident due to mechanical failur
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  • My SEA War
    ...ght Test at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. One of my projects was to fly a B-57 test bed airplane in the development of a new IR sensor for the RF-4C. Another p My next assignment was to Test Ops at Edwards. I was the project pilot for the RC-135U. It had phase array
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  • Research Projects
    ...the overall technology, but in other cases the plane was the main research test bed.
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  • State of Georgia Forestry Commission
    ...anada purchased all three aircraft. However, 64-17679 was damaged during a test-flight landing at Macon, GA, which forced the plane to be stored in Georgia
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  • 44-35634
    Jan 28, 1963 - first test flight as [[YB-26K]].
    675 bytes (93 words) - 15:38, 28 April 2020
  • 43-22479
    ...the Vickers Company in England to carry the Bouncing Bombs as a prototype test concept. The modifications were stripped out and sent to Wright AFB, OH whe
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  • 41-19504
    ...6 prototype first flew on 10 July 1942 at Mines Field, El Segundo, CA with test pilot Benny Howard at the controls. Flight tests revealed excellent perform ...at [[Mines Field]], El Segundo, CA. Purportedly the plane made additional test flights, but the exact dates of these fights is not known to me.
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  • NAMTC Point Mugu
    ...Mugu was part of the R&D Branch of the Navy. They were a Naval Air Missile Test Center.
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  • Project Speedee
    In July of 1942 a British researcher named A. R. Collins carried out a test of Wallis’ hypothesis by destroying an extra dam in Wales by planting a m ...mb|left|The modified bomb bay of plane [[43-22644]], which was used as the test plane for Operation Speedee.]]
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  • VX-5
    China Lake's JD-1 were used by the Missile Test Squadron.
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  • Edwards AFB
    ...69-37, Volume 1, January through June 1961 History of the Air Force Flight Test Center, IRIS Number 489391]</ref> ...aircraft did not prove to be combat worthy, the successful conduct of its test program, combined with the success of the Lockheed XP-80 program which foll
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  • Hurlburt Field
    ...1943 date for this accident, and also notes that Capt. Barclay H. Dillon, test pilot of the Fighter Section of the 1st Proving Ground Group, died in anoth
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  • Documents and Manuals
    *T.O. 1B-26B-6-TF Test Flight Worksheets
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  • 64-17640
    25 May 1964 - 1st OnMark Test flight.<br> ...nto inventory by USAF from OnMark at Van Nuys, CA. Sent to the [[Air Force Test Center]] (AFTCE) at [[Edwards AFB]] for testing and evaluation. <ref name="
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  • Eglin AFB
    ...this new command was the 1st Combat Applications Group. Its mission was to test and evaluate weapons systems used in Special Warfare cases, specifically Co ...ld. Auxiliary Field 6 is named Biancur Field for 1st Lt. Andrew Biancur, a test pilot of the Medium Bombardment Section of the 1st Proving Ground Group, ki
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  • 44-34586
    The plane went through several test versions, including with guns and without. We have attempted to put these p
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  • Allied Aircraft, Inc
    ...ing its heyday were Jack Kern, the chief mechanic, Billy Walker, the Chief Test Pilot, and Jack Gallaher. ...e had just replaced the carburetor on the #3 engine and were going to do a test run of the engines. The aircraft was purchased by Mid-Air out of Barstow CA
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  • 64-17679
    ..., Alberta, Canada as C-GXTG, but not delivered as damaged on landing after test flight from Macon and apparently abandoned there. <br> The planes sat outsi 8 Jul 2017 - Conducted test flight at Meacham Field. The plane was unfinished aluminum during these fli
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  • List of Navy Accidents
    ..., or converting the planes into the Drone Carrier versions or experimental test beds. Repairs, under the Navy's definitions, are exclusive to damage. That
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  • Invader Timeline
    *10 - The first test flight of an Invader is completed at Mines Field, El Segundo, CA. *25 - 1st Production model B-26K test flight<br>
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  • Francis Edward Smiley
    Due to the shortage of fliers for the Vietnam war, he was called to flight test duty with bombers at Wright Patterson before being sent overseas.
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  • 64-17641
    14 Aug 1964 - Assigned to the [[Air Force Test Center]] (AFTCE) at [[Edwards AFB]]. <ref name="AVH-1"/><br>
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  • 41-39116
    ...s from a B-25 after pilot Bill Rupert blew the tires on a landing during a test flight.<br/>
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  • Invader Weapons
    ...ing cannon ever shot from a plane, which does suggest that it was at least test-fired. Normally, I wouldn't put too much stock into a single report, but th ...ce didn't label top secret test projects with easy names like "105mm Canon Test", so I do not even know what name to search for.
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  • Douglas A-26 and B-26 Invader
    ...ietnam. It briefly covers some uses by foreign powers, civil aviation, and test bed projects. It does not dive as deeply into any one area as some other bo ...ion. The text makes it sound like the 75mm cannon were only installed on a test plane or two. However, all B-Model Blocks 1 & 5 were manufactured with the
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  • OnMark Engineering Company
    25 - [[64-17640]] test flight. <br>
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  • United States (Navy)
    ...not test ejection seats until 21 Mar 1962 in a B-58.) This fact makes this test noteworthy in military aviation history. *[[VX-1]] - Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 1
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  • Reading the Inventory Cards
    |Depot Possessed Test |Contractor Test/Test Support.
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  • Navy Inventory Records
    NATC Pax River is a Naval Air Test Center. Naval Air Missile Test Center Point Mugu was based out of Point Mugu. JD-1s that say "Point Mugu"
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  • Development
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  • The Hunt for a Dragon
    ...ntifiable about this image. But, I wanted to put my research skills to the test and see if I could positively identify the Assam Dragon.
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  • Flight Across the Pacific
    ...turn to fly the aircraft. While I was flying the aircraft on our earlier test flight it seemed relatively easy. This was not the case however, now that
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  • B-26K
    Following the completion of test flights, the USAF ordered 40 B-26Ks modified to similar standards. Most of ...o Squadron]] at Hurlburt Field were painted all-over gloss grey-white as a test. This scheme was ultimately phased out at the same time as the two-tone sch
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  • Groupe de Bombardement 1/19
    ...of instruction 2. In March 1940, a squadron of II / 19 went to Morocco to test the Douglas DB 7 on which the high command counted to transform the bombard
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  • Kelly AFB
    ...cord-breaking flight took place during May 1955. The XC-99 was put to the test in support of PROJECT DEWLINE. In conjunction with the Military Air Transp
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  • Air Commando Chronicles
    Then on to Bien Hoa in the final test<br>
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