Edwards AFB Photocall - March 20th, 2015

[Ned Harris]

F-22A (s/n 91-4007)

_31A4389 F-22A Raptor (s/n 91-4007) by Ned Harris, on Flickr

[Ned Harris]

 KC-10 with wing tip hose-and-drouge refueling pods.

_31A4600 KC-10 (s/n 86-0028) by Ned Harris, on Flickr

[trmphoto]

^^^^ Tom, I really like how you've framed this image. The tight crop creates an interesting composition of textures and detail. Well done sir.

Thanks Jeff!

C-12 Huron

[John Driscoll]

My recent visit to Edwards AFB left me craving more info.  I stumbled across this YouTube video today.  While it seems very amateurish at first, it is one of the most informative videos I have seen.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IERyhj0G2q4

[Joe Copalman]

CLEANING UP

[Jay Beckman]

I'm inclined to think that Edwards is a better place to shoot than Nellis...

[Joe Copalman]

I'm inclined to think that Edwards is a better place to shoot than Nellis...

Ha!  Yes.  By *that* metric and a few others.  

[Scott Youmans]

CLEANING UP

VERY NICE! A pilot that knows when to pull the gear up! (and a photographer that knew where to position himself!)

[Joe Copalman]

Thanks Scott!  That was my favorite movement of the day, precisely because of the pilot's quick clean-up.

[Joe Copalman]

MOVE OVER, BACON

[Scott Youmans]

Love the Meteor! Those big round nacelles centered on the wing, broad chord. The F.8 was particularly nice looking. This one looks like the radar equiped two-seater.  Where was that rare bird located?

[Joe Copalman]

Love the Meteor! Those big round nacelles centered on the wing, broad chord. The F.8 was particularly nice looking. This one looks like the radar equiped two-seater.  Where was that rare bird located?

I'm a big fan myself - you can definitely see where the designers of the Canberra, one of my all time favorites, took some of their inspiration.  This one is an NF.11 night-fighter variant that was later converted as a target tug.  This is at the AFFTC Museum at Edwards. 

[Ned Harris]

F-35A Joint Strike Fighter

_31A5004 USAF F-35A (s/n 07-0745) by Ned Harris, on Flickr

[Joe Copalman]

FAST EDDIE

[Joe Copalman]

BUSY LITTLE B

NASA 809, which, before being assigned to numerous other test projects, had been used by NACA as a testbed during "Project Bee" to validate the use of liquid hydrogen as a fuel.  This was also the first production B-57B to be fitted with 20mm cannons.