Registration / Serial:"41-39045"
Alternate Serial:139045
Aircraft Original Type:Fleetwings PQ-12
Aircraft Generic Type:Fleetwings PQ-12
Aircraft Version:Fleetwings PQ-12A
C/n (msn):[ 41-39049 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1943
Photo by:William Engle Collection (via Tim Martin)
Photo ID:680557Submit Correction
View count: 338
The Fleetwings Model 36 was a plywood skinned aerial target which was given the military designation PQ-12A. It was powered by a Lycoming O-435 of 225 hp and could be manually flown for testing & evaluation when designated as the YPQ-12A (background). The protrusion hanging down from the right hand wing housed a TV camera that fed images to a mother-ship for remote guidance to intercept an enemy aircraft. In October 1943 the aircraft successfully downed a test drone over the Muroc Bombing and Gunnery Range by detonating a 500 lb bomb housed under the cockpit fairing. Note that the last two digits of the serial on the tail have been crudely changed from "49" to "45".
Registration / Serial:"41-39045"
Alternate Serial:139045
Aircraft Version:Fleetwings PQ-12A
C/n (msn):[ 41-39049 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1943
Photo by:William Engle Collection (via Tim Martin)
Registration / Serial:"41-39045"
Alternate Serial:139045
Aircraft Original Type:Fleetwings PQ-12
Aircraft Generic Type:Fleetwings PQ-12
Aircraft Version:Fleetwings PQ-12A
C/n (msn):[ 41-39049 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1943
Photo by:William Engle Collection (via Tim Martin)
Photo ID:680557Submit Correction
View count: 338
The Fleetwings Model 36 was a plywood skinned aerial target which was given the military designation PQ-12A. It was powered by a Lycoming O-435 of 225 hp and could be manually flown for testing & evaluation when designated as the YPQ-12A (background). The protrusion hanging down from the right hand wing housed a TV camera that fed images to a mother-ship for remote guidance to intercept an enemy aircraft. In October 1943 the aircraft successfully downed a test drone over the Muroc Bombing and Gunnery Range by detonating a 500 lb bomb housed under the cockpit fairing. Note that the last two digits of the serial on the tail have been crudely changed from "49" to "45".
Registration / Serial:"41-39045"
Alternate Serial:139045
Aircraft Version:Fleetwings PQ-12A
C/n (msn):[ 41-39049 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1943
Photo by:William Engle Collection (via Tim Martin)