Old Viper Tester Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 My first safety chase mission for the F-16XL program, 22 July 1982. We were in an F-4. XL-1 was doing basic performance and propulsion test points. Some of my images are oddly framed or cropped, but my agreement with all of the pilots I flew with was that my photography was on a non-interference basis with the missions. Tracking test points, keeping tabs on the test aircraft and watching for potential conflicting traffic were my duties so my "little camera (Canon A1) better not get in the way". Notice the "angle iron" brackets holding the aft AIM-120 missile shapes in place. The forward shapes had bolts running through the missile bodies themselves to fasten them to the airframe. I'll post more as I clean my slides and get them scanned. Thanks for looking, Sven 13 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 (edited) I really do like the F-15E. However i wish the USAF had adopted these as well, they just look right. Thanks for all the photo’s. Dennis Edited February 16, 2019 by Corsairfoxfouruncle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vingtor Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Thanks for sharing, Sven! Your photos will be very useful when I start building my XL model. I have the Skunkmodels XL-1 kit, and my plan was to convert it it to an XL-2 (crosskitting a Kinetic F-16B) - until I got the news at Telford last November that they will do a kit of the XL-2 as well. My model will of course be in the "striped" scheme. Nils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jens Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 18 hours ago, Vingtor said: Thanks for sharing, Sven! Your photos will be very useful when I start building my XL model. I have the Skunkmodels XL-1 kit, and my plan was to convert it it to an XL-2 (crosskitting a Kinetic F-16B) - until I got the news at Telford last November that they will do a kit of the XL-2 as well. My model will of course be in the "striped" scheme. Nils Guess who started the conversion before the news were announced... Jens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardvark Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 On 2/16/2019 at 8:18 PM, Old Viper Tester said: Notice the "angle iron" brackets holding the aft AIM-120 missile shapes in place. The forward shapes had bolts running through the missile bodies themselves to fasten them to the airframe. Misinformation for Russians? 😲What would they think it was combat AIM-120 missile? 😁😁 On 2/16/2019 at 8:18 PM, Old Viper Tester said: I'll post more as I clean my slides and get them scanned. Look forward to! B.R. Serge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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