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F-107A on lakebed |
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Photo Number: |
E-4559 |
Photo Date: |
May 26, 1959 |
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539x480 JPEG Image (100 KBytes)
1150x1024 JPEG Image (521 KBytes)
3000x2670 JPEG Image (4,028 KBytes)
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Description: |
The F-107A (Serial # 55-5120) airplane on Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, California. F-107A characteristics are:
- Wing span, feet 36.58
- Fuselage length, feet 56.57
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Airplane weight, pounds
- Basic (without fuel, pilot) 27,600
Two North American F-107 airplanes were flown at NACA/NASA High-Speed Flight Station starting November 1957 and continuing until September 1959. The F-107A was an aircraft possessing some interesting features that NACA wished to examine in detail. NACA acquired the first and third F-107As built.
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Keywords: |
F-107A; North American F-107; Sidestick Flight Control System; NACA High-Speed Flight Station; NASA High-Speed Flight Station |