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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17WP_ya-10b-prototype-number-73-1664_Edwards-AFB-CA.html
Only two-seat A-10 made
Fairchild Republic Company's two-place night/adverse weather A-10 began flight tests at Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB in May 1979. It was converted by Fairchild from one of six pre-production single place A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17WO_nf-4c-phantom-ii_Edwards-AFB-CA.html
The Phantom II, first flown in May 1958, was developed as a fleet defense interceptor for the U.S. Navy. After entering Navy service in 1961, the USAF evaluated it at Edwards AFB to fill a fighter-bomber requirement. In 1963 production F-4Cs began…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17WM_a-w-tony-levier-1913-1998_Edwards-AFB-CA.html
Born in Duluth, Minnesota, on February 14th, 1913. In the 1930s he won the junior pilot aerobatic meet, barnstormed the country, operated two flying schools and competed in air races. In 1941 he joined the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation and tested …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17WL_f-84f-thunderstreak_Edwards-AFB-CA.html
The Republic YF-84F prototype (a modified F-84E straight-wing officially designated YF-96A) completed its hour-long first flight at Edwards in June 1950. The first flight of the revised F-model prototype, with its distinctly deeper fuselage profil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17WK_ct-39a-sabreliner_Edwards-AFB-CA.html
Originally developed as a private venture to meet a USAF requirement for a twin jet utility trainer, the prototype T-39 made its first flight on 16 September 1958. In all, 143 T-39A's and six T-39B's were built for the USAF. Another 62 T-39's were…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17WH_f-111a-aardvark_Edwards-AFB-CA.html
The F-111A was the world's first production variable-sweep wing fighter. It completed its maiden flight on 21 December 1964, at Carswell AFB, Texas. The aircraft could exceed twice the speed of sound (Mach 2) by sweeping its wings rearward while i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17WG_ya-7d-corsair-ii_Edwards-AFB-CA.html
The Corsair II was designed to meet a 1963 Navy requirement for a light attack plane to replace the A-4. The Navy's A-7A made its first flight in September 1965. Two months later, the Air Force settled on the A-7 as a low-cost way to provide speci…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17VY_t-28b-trojan_Edwards-AFB-CA.html
The T-28B was originally developed as a U.S. Navy basic trainer and completed its maiden flight on 6 April 1953. Nearly 500 were built. Early models of the Trojan were tested at Edwards beginning shortly after the plane's first flight in 1949. A l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17VX_n-f-11-t-t-20-meteor_Edwards-AFB-CA.html
The Meteor was Britain's first operational jet aircraft and the only operational Allied jet to see service in World War II. The prototype, designated G.41, completed its first flight in March 1943 under the power of two de Havilland H-1 turbojets.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17VV_t-33a-shooting-star_Edwards-AFB-CA.html
The two-seat T-33 was developed from the single-seat F-80 fighter by lengthening the fuselage slightly more than three feet to accommodate a second cockpit. It was originally designated TF-80C and made its first flight in March 1948. It quickly be…