[Leica] IMG: From the Cigar Box- AEDC Open House 1986

[ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)]

precision modeling from grownups

a marvel to we who spent hours crosslegged on the bed with Revell and  
Mongram fumes in our noses.

Thanks

Ric


On Sep 17, 2007, at 5:23 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:

> LUGGERS, Especially Hoppy,
>
> Almost all of my working years were spent on military installations  
> where personal cameras were not allowed, for security reasons.  In  
> 1986, the Arnold Engineering Development Center held an Open House  
> for employees, families and neighbors to tour certain areas where  
> displays of interest were set up.  On this occasion, cameras were  
> allowed.
>
> I made a number of photos of interest to myself, and a few that  
> might interest others.  I particularly thought of Hoppy, the old  
> armorer, when I came across the ones shown here.
>
> For many years, two of the most prevalent test types involved  
> investigating military aircraft's ability to perform while carrying  
> external stores of all types, and their ability to make  
> satisfactory releases of these stores.  The models depicted here  
> are of the type used in the first type of investigation, and were  
> designed for testing in the AEDC 16T Transonic Wind Tunnel, which  
> has a 16 x 16 x 40-foot test section.
>
> I have no direct knowledge of what store combinations were actually  
> tested, or of those that actually went into service.  These photos  
> just depict all of the possible combinations provided by the models  
> actually used for the tests.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cigar+Box/F-16+with+Stores 
> +1986.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cigar+Box/FB-111+with 
> +Stores+1986.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cigar+Box/A-10+with+Stores 
> +1986.jpg.html
>
> Comments and critiques are welcomed.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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