shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) (06/12/91)
From: Mary Shafer <shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov> Scott Johnson (Scott.Johnson@f1020.n391.z1.FidoNet.Org) writes: >>The model most commonly-used there was not the H model (and I don't >>think the G, either), but D's and E's modified to carry a bigger >>convential payload. > Nope. ALL the -D and earlier models have been retired and have now been > either scrapped or are mouldering in the SW deserts. Nope. There's one -B still flying. It's the NB-52B here at Dryden. It was the eighth B-52 built and it's the lowest airframe time B-52 still in existance. For the trivia-minded--what's the oldest airplane still flying for the U S Air Force? Tail number not required, exact type will do. [Could it be the 39-year old Lockheed T-33A mentioned in Digest 7.36? --CDR] -- Mary Shafer shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov ames!skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov!shafer NASA Ames Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA Of course I don't speak for NASA "Turn to kill, not to engage." CDR Willie Driscoll
shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) (06/19/91)
From: Mary Shafer <shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov> I wrote: >For the trivia-minded--what's the oldest airplane still flying for the >U S Air Force? Tail number not required, exact type will do. And Carl added: > [Could it be the 39-year old Lockheed T-33A > mentioned in Digest 7.36? --CDR] Well, it's 40 years old and it's an NT-33A, but he's quite correct otherwise. The tail number is 0-14120. This airplane has been modified to be a variable-stability aircraft and it's used for in-flight simulation. To hold all the computers, tape recorders, etc, it has an F-94 nose. It can fly like a wide variety of aircraft and it also has a very nice programmable HUD. According to the records, only one civilian woman, a NASA flying qualities engineer, has flown this airborne simulator. No points for guessing who! -- Mary Shafer shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov ames!skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov!shafer NASA Ames Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA Of course I don't speak for NASA "Turn to kill, not to engage." CDR Willie Driscoll