Registration / Serial:"82-1070"
Other Marks:WM
Aircraft Original Type:Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit
Aircraft Generic Type:Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit
Aircraft Version:Northrop Grumman B-2A Spirit
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:18 August 2014
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:45155Submit Correction
View count: 363
This is not the original 82-1070 'Spirit of Ohio', rather one of two additional aircraft Northrop constructed without engines or instruments for fatigue testing. This example was used for stress testing on the airframe (it was discovered that the wings could withstand 161% of the design specs stress load before cracking) before being retired to the National Museum of the USAF for display.
Registration / Serial:"82-1070"
Aircraft Version:Northrop Grumman B-2A Spirit
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:18 August 2014
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:"82-1070"
Other Marks:WM
Aircraft Original Type:Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit
Aircraft Generic Type:Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit
Aircraft Version:Northrop Grumman B-2A Spirit
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:18 August 2014
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:45155Submit Correction
View count: 363
This is not the original 82-1070 'Spirit of Ohio', rather one of two additional aircraft Northrop constructed without engines or instruments for fatigue testing. This example was used for stress testing on the airframe (it was discovered that the wings could withstand 161% of the design specs stress load before cracking) before being retired to the National Museum of the USAF for display.
Registration / Serial:"82-1070"
Aircraft Version:Northrop Grumman B-2A Spirit
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:18 August 2014
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact