Don't see this too often! :o
Naked Dragon Lady
Quote from: gfydad on April 21, 2009, 09:42:15 PM
Don't see this too often! :o
WOW, You really don't. Love them. Looks like a TR-1B, now called TU-2S.
Been looking for a record of her, cant find one. There's only two 1Bs known, and that's not one of them.
Jim, was this at PMD?
I couldn't find any info either. It was at Plant 42.
Hmm...must have been flying when I wasn't looking. I live under downwind (in fact, as I write this a C-17 is overhead), so I'll start watching more carefully.
Thanks! :)
Wow, fantastic catch!!
In life, I have several passions, with aviation being one of them. One of my others is planetary exploration. I just finished reading Andrew Chaikin's book A Passion for Mars, and it occurred to me that back in 2003, when Mars was closest to earth, I had managed to actually photograph it with my Nikon 5700, without a telescope, and with a U-2 in the image, as the plane was turning base for a landing at Palmdale. I went and dug out the pic which, since this forum didn't exist at the time, I had no way of sharing with like-minded folks at the time. So, in case there's anyone else in the house who loves space stuff in addition to aviation, here's the pic.
Very cool and lucky shot Alan!
Mars huh? man that sure is a cool pic... thnx for sharing that pic Alan... ;)
TR-1
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