Spots Around Edwards
Edwards has tons of history, oozing all over the place, and it's a big place. Below are some photos from some of the less traveled areas of the base. They recently made South Base
"declassified" (if that is the right term), and it is a bit more open now. Some of the AFFTC Museum's planes are stored on the old ramp. Also present are some of the old hangers, and, well, what you see below.
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F-104 in the living areas
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X-1 Loading Pit at South Base
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Another view of the Pit
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The Flight Test Center Museum has a collection of aircraft at South Base
RF-8G used on X-31 as chase
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NC-141A Test Bed with a F-15 nose
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C-135A
B-2 Avionics Test Bed
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YA-7D, #2 A-7D
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YA-10B
The only two seater built
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TB-26B Invader
Calspan flying simulator used by TPS
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WWII Revetment
This one was used for X-2 rocket engine testing
See the site back in the 50s - #43
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View of the X-2 tiedown
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Concrete Blockhouse, view of the back with the door
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Back of the Revetment
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Inside the Blockhouse
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Snoopy!
NB-58 sitting in the middle of nowhere near South Base - in bad shape
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The dirt road Lincoln Bond took to rescue Gen. Banner at the beginning of TTU
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A good end to a great day - A Wing and A Prayer Bar & Grill. Packed with X collectibles and chunks of crashed X planes.
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