Deuces - Four of a Kind

[Old Viper Tester]

Four PQM-102A drones: two at Nellis AFB, two at Edwards.

 

USAF s/n 56-1272, Nellis AFB July 1980. Served as a target for AIM-9P operational testing on the F-15.

 

 

 

Zapped by the Supersonic Naval Ordnance Research Track (SNORT rocket sled) at Naval Weapons Center China Lake...

 

 

56-1289, Nellis, July 1980. Also a target for AIM-9P evaluations. If I remember correctly, this drone was lost over the Nellis ranges during this visit. It was a manned flight and the Sperry pilot ejected over Dog Bone Dry Lake when the drone caught fire.

 

 

 

 

56-1443, Edwards AFB transient ramp July 1984.

 

 

Any idea what that dump pipe is for on the left side of the exhaust? Obviously a good place to secure the pitot cover.

 

56-1072, Edwards, January 1985

 

 

Oil line running to the exhaust?

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking,

Sven

[RidgeRunner]

Very nice, Sven. I remember seeing many of these at Litchfield Park in May 1979

 

Martin

[Britman]

Very interesting pictures Sven , some of those airframes look very tired indeed.

[modelling minion]

A really nice set of pics Sven, I do like the Deuce and there are some nice detail shots in your pics.

I like the well worn look of them too.

[Red Dot]

fantastic pics Sven. That pipe might be some form of 'pitot' for measuring air flow past the back end, although it's a bit late in it's career

 

Andy

[F-32]

Very nice, I like the unusual 'patchy' scheme, would make a very interesting model

[Thud4444]

Poor old 102s. They look incredibly sad to me. 

[RidgeRunner]

1 minute ago, Thud4444 said:

Poor old 102s. They look incredibly sad to me. 

 

Agreed, mate