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A US Navy F-4 Phantom intercepts a Soviet M-4 Bison (centre-right), 24th Sept 1972.
Note the US Navy aircraft carrier (centre-left), and the fact this this image was taken by a 44Sqdn Royal Air Force Vulcan! (via)
the Sukhoi T-4, circa 1972 (via)
“This impressive scene was photographed when the NASA 747 carrier aircraft and five T-38 aircraft flew over the Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 “Enterprise” while it was parked on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California. The Orbiter 101 had just completed a five-minute, 31-second unpowered mission during the second free-flight of the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Test series, on September 13, 1977, at the Dryden Flight Research Center.”(via)
“Jan. 31, 1977: A horse and rider watch as the space shuttle Enterprise is towed from a Rockwell International facility in Palmdale to Edwards Air Force Base for a year of flight tests. Townspeople lined the route for a glimpse of the 110-ton shuttle. A 90-wheel transport was used and accompanied by a 20-vehicle convoy.” (via)
“Full-scale mockup of Space Shuttle Orbiter Constitution (OV-101) 1975 - Donwney, CA”
(via aharvey2k’s Flickr)
“February 27, 1975 — Employees at Rockwell International Corporations Space Division, Downey, Calif., look over a full-scale mockup of the Space Shuttle orbiter..” (via, photo via aharvey2k’s Flickr)
the Hammer-Hunt-1 Zipper, circa 1979
“A North American AJ-2 Savage (BuNo 130418, civil registration N68667) in flight. It was used as a testbed for the AVCO Lycoming YF102-LD-100 turbofan engine used on the Northrop YA-9”
Vickers VC10 flying testbed for the Rolls Royce RB211 turbofan engine, circa 1970 (via)
Avro Vulcan and Olympus 593 engine testbed, circa 1970
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