| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 43-8330 |
| Alternate Serial: | 38330 |
| Military Code: | FK-330 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Northrop P-61 Black Widow |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Northrop P-61 Black Widow |
| Aircraft Version: | Northrop P-61C Black Widow |
| C/n (msn): | 1376 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KIAD IATA: IAD Local: IAD Other: - |
| Collection: | National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian) - Udvar-Hazy Center |
| Photo Date: | 17 April 2013 |
| Photo by: | Richard Vandervord |
| Photo ID: | 1279 |
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This P-61 was donated to the National Air Museum (as it was then known) as early as 1950, after five years of test work. However, NACA soon asked to borrow it for high-altitude experimental work. After about 50 flights as a mothership, dropping recoverable swept-wing test bodies, it was returned in 1954 to museum storage. Some 52 years later, it was unveiled for display in original test markings This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 29 July 2017, and has since been viewed 981 times. |