MAKE A MEME View Large Image Lockheed XF-90 (46-688) in Yucca Flat.jpg Lockheed XF-90 46-688 in Yucca Flat This XF-90 a Lockheed experimental aircraft was exposed to the same nuclear tests as the Yucca Lady The XF-90 of which only two were ever built is the sole ...
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Keywords: Lockheed XF-90 (46-688) in Yucca Flat.jpg Lockheed XF-90 46-688 in Yucca Flat This XF-90 a Lockheed experimental aircraft was exposed to the same nuclear tests as the Yucca Lady The XF-90 of which only two were ever built is the sole surviving example of Clarence Kelly Johnson's Lockheed Skunk Works second design The first was the XP-80 which later went into production as the F-80 Shooting Star The Skunk Works went on to design the U-2 SR-71 Blackbird and the F-117 Stealth fighter Historically the XF-90 boasts several significant features it was one of the first to employ an ejection seat; it had a fully adjustable tail and was the first to use fowler flaps to improve air flow over the ailerons It was also the first to use wingtip drop tanks on sweptback wings and the first to employ an afterburner Today the broken aircraft rests in two parts in Plutonium Valley; its counterpart was destroyed during structural testing in Ohio Plans call for the aircraft to be dismantled decontaminated and to be placed on display at the U S Air Force Museum Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Ohio Nevada Test Site Guide http //www nv energy gov/library/publications/historical/DOENV_715_Rev1 pdf DOE/NV-715 Federal Government of the United States PD-USGov Lockheed XF-90 Yucca Flat Decontamination of aircraft
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