USAF atomic test B17 drone ships?
Thu Jun 19, 2008 7:20 am
Thu Jun 19, 2008 7:29 am
Top one is not a drone. It's probably 44-8543 under bailment to the Federal Telecommunications Corp., photo probably circa 1955.
Bottom one is an Operations Crossroads drone used in the summer of 1946 in the south Pacific for the Bikini tests.
Bottom one is an Operations Crossroads drone used in the summer of 1946 in the south Pacific for the Bikini tests.
Re: USAF atomic test B17 drone ships?
Thu Jun 19, 2008 7:30 am
wxlova wrote:
This ship is 44-8543A, photographed at Teterboro, NJ, while serving as a flying electronics test bed with Federal Telecommunications Corporation (note the funky antenna on the right wing tip). This airplane still survives. We know her as Chuckie! I have this photo in my collection, as well as another photo of the same ship taken the same day from about the 4 o'clock position which clearly shows the serial number on the vertical. The person on whose web site you found the photo sells them on eBay, if you're interested in buying a copy. She's a nice lady and her service is excellent.
Cheers!
Thu Jun 19, 2008 8:59 am
And she might just get a little upset if she knew someone was using her pictures without her permission 
Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:58 am
Connery wrote:And she might just get a little upset if she knew someone was using her pictures without her permission
Perhaps. She advertises them on eBay as having come from an aviation enthusiast's estate. Not sure who actually has the rights to the images. Not my concern. I bought my hardcopy prints.
Cheers!