67-14584: USAF Test Pilot School YA-7D

[Old Viper Tester]

YA-7D s/n 67-14584 operated by the USAF Test Pilot School, 6510th Test Wing, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB.

 

October 1984

 

May 1985

The trapezoid markings on top of the wing are for optical tracking during TPS spin training/evaluation missions, making it easier to determine the aircraft attitude with ground-based optical trackers and cameras. TPS would spin the A-7 both upright and inverted.

 

November 1991

 

September 1992

 

 

 

 

 

 

Like her sisters, she was retired to AMARG in September 1992

 

Thanks for looking,

Sven

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Thanks for posting, one of my multitude of future builds are the A-7 and F-4 in this scheme. All because of your photo's piquing my interest in them.

 

Dennis 

[Smudge]

Yes, they do look pretty cool 

 

Cheers