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 from: | William Engle Collection (via Tim Martin)Contact |
Photo ID: | 680557Submit Correction |
View count: | 488 |
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 from: | William Engle Collection (via Tim Martin)Contact |
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 from: | William Engle Collection (via Tim Martin)Contact |
Photo ID: | 680557Submit Correction |
View count: | 488 |
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 from: | William Engle Collection (via Tim Martin)Contact |