Test Bed Collection

Bristol Type 188
Engineers Working on the Bristol Type 188 Supersonic Experimental Test-Bed Aircraft Parked at Filton, UK Preparing for Test on the de Havilland Gyron Junior Jet-Engine Date: 1960s

Youngman-Baynes High-Lift VT789 ( Percival P.46 G-AMBL), at the 1948 SBAC Radlett air show. The High Lift was a one-off experimental, flying test-bed for the system of slotted flaps invented by R.T

Napier Lion W-12 aircraft engine
Napier Lion water-cooled W-12 aircraft Engine running on the test-bed. Date: 1970s

Sud-Aviation Caravelle VII F-BJAO - Caravelle Santa Maria
Sud-Aviation Caravelle VII F-BJAO / N420GE (msn 042) Caravelle Santa MariaThis was a Caravelle Series III (c/n 042) that was purchased by General Electric

English Electric Canberra B. 2 WD952
English Electric Canberra B.2 WD952. Bristol Olympus test-bed at the 1952 Farnborough SBAC show. Bailed directly from the production line to Bristol Aeroplane Company for development of Olympus

BAe EAP
Bae Eap Experimental Aircraft Programme Test-Bed Fighter Date: 1988

Martin RB-57B Canberra NASA 809 (msn 166, ex 52-1576) at the Edwards Air Force Base Flight test Museum. (NASA 809 was modified for use as a Hydrogen fuel test-bed)

English Electric Canberra B. 2 WV787
Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment - English Electric Canberra B.2 WV787 (msn 71644), water-spray tanker for icing tests

Douglas DT-6 A6851, converted from a DT-2 to act as a test-bed for the Wright P-1 9-cylinder radial engine, derived from the Wright J-4, which evolved into the Wright Cyclone. Date: circa 1925

Northrop F-89B Scorpion 49-2434 (buzz number FV-434), on display at Lackland Air Force Base, in December 1965. Accepted by USAF in January 1951 as an F-89A; modified as EF-89A test-bed for

Boeing XB-29G Superfortress 44-84043, General Electric engine test-bed with a J47 in the bomb-bay mounted retractable trapeze at Schenectady County Airport, NY

Boeing XB-47D Stratojet 51-2103 (msn 450176) flying as the Wright XT49 Test-bed in the 1950s built as a Boeing B-47B-30-BW Stratojet and re-designated EB-47B in April 1952.December 1954

Douglas XF4D-1 Skyray 124587 (msn 7464), 2nd prototype of the F4D at Edwards Air Force Base, on loan to General electric for engine development

Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker float-plane
A Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker in use as a test-bed for floats. Date: circa 1930

Royal Air Force Austers WJ316, at the 1951 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. First flown in August 1950 and written off on 29 September 1955

Convair JC-131B O-53-7791 (MSN 243), (the letter O denotes Obsolete), modified as JC-131B test-bed. Assigned to Aeronautical Systems Division

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