Imagine this unusual navy bird with a tail hook

[oldcrowcv63]

(Wiki states the a/c was used to test turbofan engines for the Lockheed S-3.

Found this photo at:

http://replicainscale.blogspot.com/2010_07_01_archive.html

 

[Shinpachi]

Nice post

 

[vikingBerserker]

Interesting, I had no idea the Navy had any of those aircraft.

 

[Capt. Vick]

What was it used for I wonder?

 

[Vic Balshaw]

A beast that size would be giving the carrier a tow!

 

[Capt. Vick]

Also unusual that it says "micky-d" on the side, it being a Boeing design and all...

 

[oldcrowcv63]

What was it used for I wonder?

Says testing the S-3 turbofan engines. Notice the pylon under the wing...

Also unusual that it says "micky-d" on the side, it being a Boeing design and all...

Hadn't noticed that. I believe this was taken considerably before Boeing obtained McDac.

 

[R Pope]

Photo has to be later than 1975, that's a '75 or so Chevelle and a '71 or '72 El Camino in the hangar.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Also unusual that it says "micky-d" on the side, it being a Boeing design and all...

It was and still is very common for a flight test program to be awarded to a rival contractor where they will operate a compeditor's design.

 

[herman1rg]

I do love the look of the B-47

 

[michaelmaltby]

Testing the Orenda Iroquois engine for the Avro Arrow ...

 

[vikingBerserker]

Whoa, no idea anybody but the US used them. Very cool!

 

[R Pope]

I believe that Canadian-marked B-47 was on special loan from the US, and was the only one we ever had in Canada.
Designated the CL-52, it was the only foreign-operated B-47 ever. Apparently the airframe was twisted out of shape by the big Orenda Iroquois, and it was scrapped on its return to the US. It was reportedly a terrible dog to fly with all that extra weight way out back.