Since retired from flight and now on display.
One word comes to mind when viewing the stencils on the side of the fuselage...history.
HiMat test vehicle.
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/n...-025-DFRC.html
Since retired from flight and now on display.
One word comes to mind when viewing the stencils on the side of the fuselage...history.
HiMat test vehicle.
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/n...-025-DFRC.html
Kevin Wood
MSG U.S. Army, Ret.
BMWMOA 131753, ABC 129393
99 K1200RS, 71 R60/5, 85 K100RS - SOLD
Unique ride you have there
I heard the shuttle was being flown back to florida and had landed at Offut AFB so me and about a million other people rode upto the fence and took pics. this was the best i could do with what I had. Incredible to see it after re-entry.
Drew
07 R1200GSA and I love it more every time I ride
I've always liked this plane by Epic out of Bend OR. Very cool with turbo prop 1200 horsepower and largely carbon fiber airframe. Almost 400mph and can fly at 30,00 feet. These were kits and the plane never got certified before going bankrupt in 2009. A new company from China has since bought the remains with some of the kit builders who invested and were never able to finish their kit before the company went under.
A real head turner!
Luck favors those who are prepared.
I am in one just like this one taking a picture of my buddy Lou who I just spent an hour and a half dog fighting with. If you look closely, you can see Lou telling me I am NUMBER 1 too
Dan
2004 K1200GT
"The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." - Mark Twain
Took this pic at Reno 08. (My handle should give you a clue as to my passion)This year will be my 30th Reno National Championship Air Races. Went for the first time in 74, then I went in the Navy flying on P-3 Orions. Didn't get back until 82, been going ever since. And I have a crapload of pics.
Chino 2010.
Love Chino / Planes of Fame.
Looks like a Fiesler Storch, doesn't it?Originally Posted by Air Race Addict
Love Chino / Planes of Fame.
Kent
Chino Air Show, Replica of the Storch, complete with pilot in period uniform.
Picture of lead in a 3 ship low level flight
Picture of #2 and #3 in a 3-ship training flight
That's one of the airplanes that was used in the daring commando rescue of Benito Mussolini from the Campo Imperatore Hotel at Gran Sasso, in 1943. Captain Walter Gerlach put it into a 50 metre clearing near the ski resort, and later used it to fly out Il Duce and the famed commando, Lt. Col. Otto Skorzeny. The overloaded aircraft almost crashed...Fiesler Storch...
That looks to be an exotic location, that I'll have to visit if I'm ever in Italy.
Rinty
"When you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there."
Picture of #2 in a 3-ship training flight.
That was a fun day...beautiful weather...light winds... birds well below us...
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