B-57 Intruder
Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:20 am
Greetings All -
A nice flight shot of an RB-57B which is now in storage for the Udvar-Hazy Center per Joe Baugher's info. Also interesting to see both the airbrakes and the spoilers in action.
Seems certain aircraft attract cameras more so than most as I also have two B&W photos of the same aircraft while with the KSANG.
Enjoy the Day! Mark
A nice flight shot of an RB-57B which is now in storage for the Udvar-Hazy Center per Joe Baugher's info. Also interesting to see both the airbrakes and the spoilers in action.
Seems certain aircraft attract cameras more so than most as I also have two B&W photos of the same aircraft while with the KSANG.
Enjoy the Day! Mark
Fri Apr 03, 2009 5:29 pm
Nice photo. Now, if only they would have put a proper bomb-bay in and a decent fixed canopy that could have been a halfway decent aeroplane! 
Fri Apr 03, 2009 5:35 pm
Whatever happened to the Black Civilian B-57 that was at Oshkosh some years back (had the original British cockpit configuration on it).
Mark H
Mark H
Fri Apr 03, 2009 5:47 pm
There's one on the CAF ramp in Mesa, AZ that I was told belonged to an individual (can't remember who at the moment). If I recall, that one was black......but there was a second one across the field that supposedly belonged to the same fella...maybe that's the one I'm thinking of.
Gary
Gary
Fri Apr 03, 2009 7:41 pm
Didn't NASA have a black one with extended wings??
No, not the U-2, a B57 variant.
No, not the U-2, a B57 variant.
B-57
Fri Apr 03, 2009 7:53 pm
Didn't the spoilers (aka "dive fingers") extend on the bottom side of the wing also?
I don't think the moniker "Intruder" lasted very long, although it was popular among a certain faction in AF circles for a while.
Hugh
I don't think the moniker "Intruder" lasted very long, although it was popular among a certain faction in AF circles for a while.
Hugh
Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:05 pm
ww2John wrote:Didn't NASA have a black one with extended wings??
No, not the U-2, a B57 variant.
The only NASA RB-57Fs that I have seen have either been silver, or white.
Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:20 pm
NASA has one that flies out of Ellington, I see it every few weeks.
Sun Apr 05, 2009 3:28 am
a friend who lives in glendale arizona flew a b-57 out of japan in the 50's, / 60's & was on red alert after jfk was killed in 63 on 24 hour alert. he carried a nuke. on 1 mission his canopy flew off & he winged it from their.
Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:36 am
NMUSAF has both a B-57 and an RB-57 on display. THe RB came out of restoration in late 2004 I think.
Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:10 am
Elmira NY has a black USAF B-57. 
Re: B-57
Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:54 am
Tailspin wrote:Didn't the spoilers (aka "dive fingers") extend on the bottom side of the wing also?
I don't think the moniker "Intruder" lasted very long, although it was popular among a certain faction in AF circles for a while.
Hugh
The British version did, I have a scar on my head to prove it!
Rgds Cking