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 | Lockheed Martin recently began modifying a Northrop Grumman-owned BAC 1-11 aircraft to prepare it for the Joint Strike Flight (JSF) flight test program in which it will serve as a flying test bed for prototype multisensor JSF avionics. Integrating the avionics systems on a flying test bed will reduce the need for sensor flights during the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the p... |  | 09/26/2007 | 322 | 



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 | The airfield known as Northrup Strip is located in a salt/gypsum area called Alkali Flats.
This area was first used as an airfield in the late 1940s, when Northrop Aviation Corporation used the natural landing area for target drone projects.
The strip was unofficially called "Northrop Strip" through association with the contractor.
The Northrop Strip area... |  | 12/22/2006 | 376 | 



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 | The lawn shows the Mattel logo at Mattel Headquarter in El Segundo, CA. |  | 04/25/2006 | 129 | 



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 | The Fleet Air Arm Museum's XK488 was the first thing any visitor there saw as she used to be positioned outside the museum entrance. However, she's now been moved to the storage hangar and is due some TLC. Wearing the blue and white NA.39 prototype scheme, the long nose probe also gives you a good idea as to this aircraft's use in development - in fact, she was the third prototype and was assig... |  | 09/19/2007 | 184 | 



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Preserved at 823 Victory Commemorate Park |  | 10/15/2007 | 245 | 



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 | The southern facility at Edwards was formerly home to the B-2 test team when the Northrop stealth bomber was undergoing flight testing at Edwards AFB. Early on in the program, the USAF wanted to try and keep the exact details of the B-2's planform secret. While the aircraft was publicly unveiled at Palmdale, it was only shown from the front and side and the upper surfaces were not visible. This... |  | 10/03/2009 | 53 | 



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 | Prototype trimaran warship at the dry dock in Portsmouth |  | 11/22/2005 | 323 | 



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 | The fighter is from the 1st Fighter Wing based at the airbase. The wing has three squadrons equipped with the F-5A/B/E/F and KF-5F. |  | 10/15/2007 | 389 | 



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 | This airframe of the very first Tornado (Prototype P.01) has recently been repainted at Erding. |  | 01/10/2007 | 201 | 



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 | To view this aircraft, you must have Google Earth 5 and have your History slider active.
This B-2 is at the Palmdale test facility. Northrop-Grumman also uses this facility for the final steps of construction and updates to the aircraft. Given the date of the image in 2005, the aircraft was probably in the process of undergoing a modficiation. |  | 07/06/2008 | 1,180 | 
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 | French nuclear plants including prototype and research reactors |  | 03/04/2006 | 555 | 



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 | This is a tremendous aircraft collection, which includes a prototype A9 (only two exist). The links give a well illustrated detailed tour of the collection, The area is in high res - but the image only serves to whet the appetite. |  | 01/06/2006 | 219 | 



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