Arie Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 (edited) I thought I'd share a few shots from a recent trip I had out to the U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB, Calif. They were kind enough to allow me some nice photo-ops and, as would be expected, there's was a grand vareity of USAF, as well as international aircraft flying about the day I visited, so here's just a sampling of the highlights...enjoy! NASA F/A-18B from Dryden Flight Research Center which shares the dry lakebed and runways with Edwards. It was flying chase for NASA 853 (below) NASA F/A/-18A with some sort of experimental payload on the dorsal spine--she was flying a two-ship with NASA 846 (above) A Norwegian F-16 landing at Edwards--note the '666' tail number...not certain if that's serial, or humourous... A Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey put on quite a show, banking right over my head. She's from the USMC's dedicated tiltrotor test and eval squadron, VMX-22... F-16BM of the Royal Danish Air Force, assigned as an F-35 test support aircraft with the 461st Flight Test Squadron at Edwards. I didn't see this one fly, but it was an attractive paint scheme none the less... I guess the test pilots fight over this F-16B--it was the only Falcon on the flight line still painted in the old orange and white test pilot school colours--most are currently grey...though that may change, we shall see... The F-16B looked tidy from a distance, but there was some nice wear and tear for modelling interest (trailing edge of the wing here) ...and a shot of the midnight-blue underside with some more fantastic weathering... I've got a few more shots at my Flickr page if you're interested: ...not really enough room to post them all...maybe some F-16 modelling inspiration there though, Cheers & happy building! Arie C. Edited November 8, 2012 by Arie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Cool shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberraman Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Most impressive! A rare opportunity to see some of the test birds close up, thanks for sharing. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Good work that man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flemming Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 (edited) Hi Nice pictures and nice weather... Looking forward to springtime in half a years time... Yuck! The Danish Airforce F-16B can be made from these Twobobs decals by the way: Flemming Edited November 15, 2012 by Flemming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gajman Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Wow! Lucky you. Thanks for sharing the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNoAF Aerobatic Team Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 The Norwegian Falcon.... It's the registration on the tail, but there are many stories out there;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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