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The NASA Oblique Wing Research Aircraft, the predecessor to the AD-1. The first known oblique wing design was the Blohm & Voss P.202, proposed by Richard Vogt in 1942. [1] The oblique wing concept was later promoted by Robert T. Jones, an aeronautical engineer at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California.
United States Army Air Forces Modification Centers were World War II facilities at which military aircraft underwent post-production changes in order to modify or install equipment needed for specific roles or theaters of operation. The majority of newly produced combat aircraft were channeled to the modification centers immediately after ...
Plant 42 has 3,200,000 square feet (300,000 m 2) of industrial space and a replacement value of $1.1 billion. Some of its facilities build aircraft, including the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk and other unmanned aircraft. [3] Others maintain and modify aircraft such as the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit bomber. Still others make spare parts.
Eagle Field (FAA LID: CL01) is a privately owned, private use airport in Fresno County, California, United States. [1] It is located seven nautical miles (8 mi , 13 km ) southwest of the central business district of Dos Palos , [ 1 ] a city in neighboring Merced County .
9th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: 9th Maintenance Group, 9th Reconnaissance Wing: Beale Air Force Base: CSS/Program Flight, Cyber Mission Flight 99th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMU) and 12th AMU. [7] 12th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: 12th Maintenance Group, 12th Flying Training Wing: Joint Base San Antonio [8] 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
The Estrella Warbirds Museum is an aviation museum dedicated to the restoration and preservation of military aircraft, vehicles, and memorabilia. [3] The museum is located at Paso Robles Municipal Airport in central California and is named after Estrella Army Airfield. [3]
However, the first official flight was on 1 October with NACA, Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, Royal Air Force, Army, Bell and General Electric personnel on hand. [7] Lockheed XP-80A, AAF Ser. No. 44-83021, Gray Ghost in flight. XP-59 aircraft testing continued at Muroc for the remainder of 1942 and in 1943.
When MCAS El Toro closed in 1999, the museum again changed its name to the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum and moved to Naval Air Station Miramar. [7] [8] [a] The museum's 41 aircraft were loaded onto trailers and towed down highways to the museum's new location, where it reopened on 25 May 2000.