Mystery A-26? @ Edwards AFB

aeroeng · **Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2012 11:01 am

I didn't know the F-15 STOL was out there. Pretty cool.

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Zachary · **Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2012 11:24 am

I believe the odd looking bird near the A-26 is the Rutan-designed Scale Composites Advanced Technology Tactical Transport proof of concept demonstrator. More about it here: http://scaled.com/projects/advanced_tec ... sport_attt

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JohnB · **Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2012 11:45 am

Looks like a Canberra and JetStar too.
Possible museum aircraft?

Also, didn't some intistute (Cornell, Caltech, etc) have a A-26 as a testbed of some sort?

The Inspector · **Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2012 11:50 am

In the far right upper corner is the FAIRCHILD XT-46 so this is a fairly old photo. Cornell University had an A-26 painted a darkish red. The flying telescope straight C-141 is parked on the ramp as is a very oddly painted what looks like C-140 JETSTAR behind the second C-135. Didn't the C-141 and the STOVL F-15 go to airplane heaven?

Warbird Kid · **Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2012 11:59 am

Also there is the second Piper Enforcer if I remember correctly.

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The Inspector · **Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2012 1:17 pm

NASA may be using it as a chase/photo bird, maybe the rest are, as JohnB speclates, part of the museum collection, I also see what might be an F-14 and another oddly painted what could be, an A-7 or F-8U and a very faded out F-4 in white and red. GOOGLE Earth does update, except in sparsely populated areas of the earth about every two years.

mike furline · **Joined:** Wed May 05, 2004 3:45 pm **Posts:** 2635

Another view,
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Douglas- ... 6d8bd73b7e

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Warbird Kid wrote:

Also there is the second Piper Enforcer if I remember correctly.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Piper-PA ... df5d04865e

Warbird Kid · **Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2012 3:44 pm

mike furline wrote:

Warbird Kid wrote:

Also there is the second Piper Enforcer if I remember correctly.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Piper-PA ... df5d04865e

Yeah, that one. Is it still sitting there like that? If so what would would the best line of contact for talking with the person in charge of this aircraft's disposition? We at the CASC would LOVE to acquire and restore this aircraft for display since we have major ties with the power plant here.

Ruberneck · **Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2012 8:01 pm

I can remember seeing this plane flying around Lockport, NY in the early sixties when it was with Cornell aeronautical.

Dan Newcomb · **Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2012 3:26 pm

My understanding is that most of these belong to the museum at Edwards AFB.

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