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There's still a show to enjoy on Oct. 1-2. It's just closer to the ground. The Military Aviation Museum is introducing "Tanks and Tracks," an armored vehicle event.
A few days ago, Volatus Infrastructure, LLC announced that it has chosen to support the Warbirds of Glory Museum; its first charitable cause. As most readers will know, this museum and its band of highly skillful, teenage volunteers, is in the process of restoring B-25J Mitchell 44-30733, lovingly referred to as the Sandbar Mitchell due to the airframe having spent many years marooned on a spit of sand in an Alaskan river.
Castle Air Museum's Hustler is the seventh example to roll off North American's production line in Fort Worth, Texas. A pre-production airframe, YB-58A-1-CF 55-0666 flew for the first time on March 20th, 1958. As it's type prefix suggests, this Hustler served as a test aircraft with Convair, which fitted a YJ79-GE-5 jet engine on a special centerline pod. On November 8th, 1958, the aircraft flew for 32 minutes at a sustained Mach 2 velocity with its YJ79-GE-5 engines. On April 29th, 1959, the U.S. Air Force formally took '666 on strength, but the airframe remained with Con...
Castle Air Museum's Hustler is the seventh example to roll off North American's production line in Fort Worth, Texas. A pre-production airframe, YB-58A-1-CF 55-0666 flew for the first time on March 20th, 1958. As it's type prefix suggests, this Hustler served as a test aircraft with Convair, which fitted a YJ79-GE-5 jet engine on a special centerline pod. On November 8th, 1958, the aircraft flew for 32 minutes at a sustained Mach 2 velocity with its YJ79-GE-5 engines. On April 29th, 1959, the U.S. Air Force formally took '666 on strength, but the airframe remained with Con...
Virginia Beach, Virginia (PRWEB) October 22, 2021 -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Jay BessAircraft Promotion & Event Marketing SpecialistMilitary Aviation