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Spirit of St. Louis Airshow F22 / 757

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  1. CarterHendricks

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    #1 CarterHendricks, May 21, 2016
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    The second plane of special interest to me was the 757-200 NA001 test bed modified to
    test radar sensors for the F22 and carrying much of an F22 nose and part of its wing
    surface. Apparently it has been moved from Seattle to St Louis and is still busy.

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    #2 CarterHendricks, May 21, 2016
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    Posted by Tcar on the Growler thread : "Be nice to see more of these planes... both of them."

    Thanks. Here are a couple more. What was interesting to me is that a program guy with the plane said that the plane continued in heavy use, and that much of the time it is in use it is on the ground.

    The rear of the plane was described as pretty full of instrumentation.

    Where was it in Seattle?

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    #3 donv, May 21, 2016
    Is that the one which was the prototype, which Boeing couldn't sell? At least, that was the story as I heard it.
     
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    #4 Bob Parks, May 21, 2016
    This airplane was bailed to become a test bed, I think. I have seen this airframe at Boeing Field for years and years. The number one 767 that became the AOA test bed was scrapped recently.
     
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    #5 Tim Wells, May 22, 2016
    It had been parked South of the Museum Of Flight at BFI on the West side where the operations for Boeing's military programs was for decades.
     

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