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  • File:46472842-A-New-Dimension-Wallops-Island-Flight-Test-Range-the-First-Fifteen-Years.pdf
    A history of the Naval Aviation Ordnance Test Site (NAOTS). "A New Dimension Wallops Island Flight Test Range The First Fifteen Years" - NASA Reference Publication 1028
    (43.26 MB) - 15:48, 28 September 2021
  • File:XA-26 Prototype.jpg
    The original XA-26 protoype during test flights in California. Photo from NARA.
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  • File:41-19504 Over CA.jpg
    [[41-19504]] XA-26 in a test flight over California during 1943. Photo courtesy of Boeing.
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  • ...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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  • File:41-19504 in flight.jpg
    [[41-19504]] XA-26 during a test flight. Photo via the San Diego Air and Space Museum.
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  • File:41-39401. Whitlers Mother 1983.jpg
    This photo also shows [[41-39401]] as N39401 undergoing test flights at First Flight in late 1983. Photo from Wiice via Flickr.
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  • File:41-19504. XA-26. 1942. WM.jpg
    [[41-19504]], the XA-26 Prototype during test flights in 1942. Note that the tail erroneously reads 219504, but this is a
    (1,202 × 590 (336 KB)) - 06:32, 11 September 2019
  • 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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  • !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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  • File:Allied AZ 72.jpg
    ...Tucson, AZ. Photo courtesy of Captain Billy Walker, an ex-Allied Aircraft Test Pilot.
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  • 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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  • File:43-22644. With Speedee-Highball modifications.jpg
    ...ne at Wright AFB, and then the plane was flown to Eglin AFB for the actual test. Photo from National Archives.
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  • File:Dorsal Turret.jpg
    ...ubbles in the window of the gunner's compartment. I assume that this was a test to increase visibility. Whatever the case, this is the only example of this
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  • File:77216. USN ejection seat testing with JD-1. El Centro, CA. Jan 1952 WM.jpg
    View of an ejection seat test in which a load representing the weight of a human being is fired from the
    (1,896 × 1,497 (646 KB)) - 18:52, 8 July 2021
  • ...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
    1 KB (205 words) - 03:53, 17 September 2019
  • ...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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  • ...the overall technology, but in other cases the plane was the main research test bed.
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  • ...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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  • Jan 28, 1963 - first test flight as [[YB-26K]].
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  • ...], [[VU-4]], [[VU-5]], [[VU-7]], [[VU-9]], & [[VU-10]]). There were also 4 test squadrons that used them ([[VX-1]], [[VX-2]], [[NAMTC Point Mugu]], & [[VX-
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