Aircraft Photo of 59-4987 / 94987 | Northrop YF-5A Freedom Fighter (N-156F) | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #289661
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:59-4987
Alternate Serial:94987
Aircraft Original Type:Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter
Aircraft Generic Type:Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter/Tiger
Aircraft Version:Northrop YF-5A Freedom Fighter (N-156F)
C/n (msn):N6001
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force / Northrop - Norair Division
Aircraft Name:Freedom Fighter
Location
City / Airport:Seattle - Boeing Field / King County InternationalMap
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KBFI   IATA: BFI   Local: BFI   Other: -
Collection:Museum of Flight
 
Photo Date:16 June 2016
Photo by:Arjun Sarup
Photo ID: 289661
Photo Comment

Prototype F-5A on display in the Great Gallery at the Museum of Flight. Northrop's Chief Experimental Test Pilot Lewis A. Nelson took it supersonic on its first flight at Edwards AFB on 30 July 1959. The T-38 was a successful USAF supersonic trainer, but it took seven years to get a production order for the F-5A that ultimately became a successful lightweight, low cost fighter-bomber with its high thrust-to-weight ratio J85-GE-13 engines.

This photo is copyright © Arjun Sarup, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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