3 results found
Registration / Serial: | "61-2059" |
Aircraft Original Type: | Convair B-58 Hustler |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Convair B-58 Hustler |
Aircraft Version: | Convair YRB-58A Hustler |
C/n (msn): | 7 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Aircraft Name: | Greased Lightning |
City / Airport: | Rantoul - National Aviation Center / Frank Elliott Field (TIP)Map |
Region / Country: | Illinois, United States |
Collection: | Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum |
Photo Date: | 20 April 2013 |
Photo by: | Glenn ChatfieldContact |
Photo ID: | 634665Submit Correction |
View count: | 265 |
Actually 55-666. 20 Mar 58 first flight as YB-58A. Used as test aircraft by Convair. 8 Nov 58: Flew 32 minutes at sustained Mach 2 with YJ79-GE-5 engines. 28 Apr 59: TOS USAF, but retained by Convair as a test and evaluation aircraft. 1 May 59: Converted to YRB-58A. 11/62: 6510th Operational Maintenance Squadron (AFSC), Edwards AFB, CA. 5/64: 3345th Maintenance and Support Group (ATC), Chanute AFB, IL. 5/65: Redesignated GRB-58A. 1967: Museum status; displayed at base air park. 1993: Chanute Air Museum. Marked as 61-2059. 10/15: Chanute Museum closed. 2017: Moved to Castle Air Museum, Castle AFB, CA.
Registration / Serial: | "61-2059" |
Aircraft Version: | Convair YRB-58A Hustler |
C/n (msn): | 7 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Rantoul - National Aviation Center / Frank Elliott Field (TIP)Map | Region / Country: | Illinois, United States |
Photo Date: | 20 April 2013 |
Photo by: | Glenn ChatfieldContact |
Registration / Serial: | "61-2059" |
Aircraft Original Type: | Convair B-58 Hustler |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Convair B-58 Hustler |
Aircraft Version: | Convair YRB-58A Hustler |
C/n (msn): | 7 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Aircraft Name: | Greased Lightning |
City / Airport: | Rantoul - National Aviation Center / Frank Elliott Field (TIP)Map |
Region / Country: | Illinois, United States |
Collection: | Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum |
Photo Date: | 20 April 2013 |
Photo by: | Glenn ChatfieldContact |
Photo ID: | 634665Submit Correction |
View count: | 265 |
Actually 55-666. 20 Mar 58 first flight as YB-58A. Used as test aircraft by Convair. 8 Nov 58: Flew 32 minutes at sustained Mach 2 with YJ79-GE-5 engines. 28 Apr 59: TOS USAF, but retained by Convair as a test and evaluation aircraft. 1 May 59: Converted to YRB-58A. 11/62: 6510th Operational Maintenance Squadron (AFSC), Edwards AFB, CA. 5/64: 3345th Maintenance and Support Group (ATC), Chanute AFB, IL. 5/65: Redesignated GRB-58A. 1967: Museum status; displayed at base air park. 1993: Chanute Air Museum. Marked as 61-2059. 10/15: Chanute Museum closed. 2017: Moved to Castle Air Museum, Castle AFB, CA.
Registration / Serial: | "61-2059" |
Aircraft Version: | Convair YRB-58A Hustler |
C/n (msn): | 7 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Rantoul - National Aviation Center / Frank Elliott Field (TIP)Map | Region / Country: | Illinois, United States |
Photo Date: | 20 April 2013 |
Photo by: | Glenn ChatfieldContact |
Registration / Serial: | 55-666 |
Alternate Serial: | 55-0666 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Convair B-58 Hustler |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Convair B-58 Hustler |
Aircraft Version: | Convair YRB-58A Hustler |
C/n (msn): | 7 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Aircraft Name: | Greased Lightning |
City / Airport: | Atwater - Castle (KMER / MER)Map |
Region / Country: | California, United States |
Collection: | Castle Air Museum |
Photo Date: | 4 October 2019 |
Photo by: | Jack PoelstraContact |
Photo ID: | 614184Submit Correction |
View count: | 464 |
Registration / Serial: | 55-666 |
Alternate Serial: | 55-0666 |
Aircraft Version: | Convair YRB-58A Hustler |
C/n (msn): | 7 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Atwater - Castle (KMER / MER)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
Photo Date: | 4 October 2019 |
Photo by: | Jack PoelstraContact |
Registration / Serial: | 55-666 |
Alternate Serial: | 55-0666 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Convair B-58 Hustler |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Convair B-58 Hustler |
Aircraft Version: | Convair YRB-58A Hustler |
C/n (msn): | 7 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Aircraft Name: | Greased Lightning |
City / Airport: | Atwater - Castle (KMER / MER)Map |
Region / Country: | California, United States |
Collection: | Castle Air Museum |
Photo Date: | 4 October 2019 |
Photo by: | Jack PoelstraContact |
Photo ID: | 614184Submit Correction |
View count: | 464 |
Registration / Serial: | 55-666 |
Alternate Serial: | 55-0666 |
Aircraft Version: | Convair YRB-58A Hustler |
C/n (msn): | 7 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Atwater - Castle (KMER / MER)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
Photo Date: | 4 October 2019 |
Photo by: | Jack PoelstraContact |
Registration / Serial: | "61-2059" |
Alternate Serial: | 12059 |
Military Code: | 2059 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Convair B-58 Hustler |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Convair B-58 Hustler |
Aircraft Version: | Convair GRB-58A Hustler |
C/n (msn): | 7 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Unit Markings: | SAC - Strategic Air Command |
Aircraft Name: | Greased Lightning |
City / Airport: | Rantoul - National Aviation Center / Frank Elliott Field (TIP)Map |
Region / Country: | Illinois, United States |
Collection: | Chanute Air Force Base Collection |
Photo Date: | 27 January 1984 |
Photo by: | Bob ThomasContact |
Photo ID: | 355529Submit Correction |
View count: | 1231 |
Slide taken when Chanute AFB was still active. This is actually GRB-58A 55-666 painted as B-58A 61-2059. This a/c was originally built as a YB-58A. Transferred to Chanute in May 1964 as a ground instructional airframe. Redesignated GRB-58A in May 1965. Put on display at the base in 1967. After the Chanute Air Museum closed in 2015, this a/c was moved in August 2017 to the Castle Air Museum in California.
Registration / Serial: | "61-2059" |
Alternate Serial: | 12059 |
Aircraft Version: | Convair GRB-58A Hustler |
C/n (msn): | 7 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Rantoul - National Aviation Center / Frank Elliott Field (TIP)Map | Region / Country: | Illinois, United States |
Photo Date: | 27 January 1984 |
Photo by: | Bob ThomasContact |
Registration / Serial: | "61-2059" |
Alternate Serial: | 12059 |
Military Code: | 2059 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Convair B-58 Hustler |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Convair B-58 Hustler |
Aircraft Version: | Convair GRB-58A Hustler |
C/n (msn): | 7 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Unit Markings: | SAC - Strategic Air Command |
Aircraft Name: | Greased Lightning |
City / Airport: | Rantoul - National Aviation Center / Frank Elliott Field (TIP)Map |
Region / Country: | Illinois, United States |
Collection: | Chanute Air Force Base Collection |
Photo Date: | 27 January 1984 |
Photo by: | Bob ThomasContact |
Photo ID: | 355529Submit Correction |
View count: | 1231 |
Slide taken when Chanute AFB was still active. This is actually GRB-58A 55-666 painted as B-58A 61-2059. This a/c was originally built as a YB-58A. Transferred to Chanute in May 1964 as a ground instructional airframe. Redesignated GRB-58A in May 1965. Put on display at the base in 1967. After the Chanute Air Museum closed in 2015, this a/c was moved in August 2017 to the Castle Air Museum in California.
Registration / Serial: | "61-2059" |
Alternate Serial: | 12059 |
Aircraft Version: | Convair GRB-58A Hustler |
C/n (msn): | 7 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Rantoul - National Aviation Center / Frank Elliott Field (TIP)Map | Region / Country: | Illinois, United States |
Photo Date: | 27 January 1984 |
Photo by: | Bob ThomasContact |