Registration / Serial: | 59-0130 |
Alternate Serial: | 90130 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Convair F-106 Delta Dart (8) |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Convair F-106 Delta Dart |
Aircraft Version: | Convair QF-106A Delta Dart |
C/n (msn): | 8-31-19 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force / NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / KST - Kelly Space & Technology |
City / Airport: | Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map |
Region / Country: | California, United States |
Event: | Edwards AFB Open House 1997 |
Photo Date: | October 1997 |
Photo by: | Dan StijovichContact |
Photo ID: | 201445Submit Correction |
View count: | 1359 |
NASA/KST QF-106A sitting in the static line-up at the 1997 Edwards AFB show. This QF-106 was used by Kelly Space & Technology to demonstrate a reusable tow launch vehicle in a project known as Eclipse for the Air Force. A couple months after this photo was taken they made the first towed flight behind a C-141. You can read about the details here; https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-049-DFRC.html
Registration / Serial: | 59-0130 |
Alternate Serial: | 90130 |
Aircraft Version: | Convair QF-106A Delta Dart |
C/n (msn): | 8-31-19 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force / NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / KST - Kelly Space & Technology |
City / Airport: | Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
Photo Date: | October 1997 |
Photo by: | Dan StijovichContact |
Registration / Serial: | 59-0130 |
Alternate Serial: | 90130 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Convair F-106 Delta Dart (8) |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Convair F-106 Delta Dart |
Aircraft Version: | Convair QF-106A Delta Dart |
C/n (msn): | 8-31-19 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force / NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / KST - Kelly Space & Technology |
City / Airport: | Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map |
Region / Country: | California, United States |
Event: | Edwards AFB Open House 1997 |
Photo Date: | October 1997 |
Photo by: | Dan StijovichContact |
Photo ID: | 201445Submit Correction |
View count: | 1359 |
NASA/KST QF-106A sitting in the static line-up at the 1997 Edwards AFB show. This QF-106 was used by Kelly Space & Technology to demonstrate a reusable tow launch vehicle in a project known as Eclipse for the Air Force. A couple months after this photo was taken they made the first towed flight behind a C-141. You can read about the details here; https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-049-DFRC.html
Registration / Serial: | 59-0130 |
Alternate Serial: | 90130 |
Aircraft Version: | Convair QF-106A Delta Dart |
C/n (msn): | 8-31-19 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force / NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / KST - Kelly Space & Technology |
City / Airport: | Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
Photo Date: | October 1997 |
Photo by: | Dan StijovichContact |