Static Displays
Northrop YF-23A
"Black Widow II"
- The Western Museum
of Flight has numerous aircraft, exhibits and other displays.
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- North American F-86 Sabre Jet
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- Northrop YF-17
"Cobra" (Prototype #1)
- Grumman F-14A "Tomcat"
- Northrop F-5A
"Freedom Fighter"
- Douglas A-4A Skyhawk
- British Aerospace Harrier T.4
Jump Jet
- Northrop JB-1 "Bat"
World War II "Buzz Bomb" built in 1942. There are only
three of Jack Northrop's flying wings left in the world. This
is one of them !
- 1883 Montgomery
Glider (replica)
- Radioplane RP-76
Target Drone
- Radioplane RP-5A
Target Drone
- Northrop KD2R-5
"Shelduck" basic training target drone
- Northrop YF-23A"Black
Widow II" Advanced Tactical Fighter (PAV-2)
- Northrop T-38 Talon
- Northrop Company's flying demonstrator S-1
Sierra (Sue)
- Northrop Radioplane RP-71
Falconer, SD-l Target Drone
- Northrop HL-10 (model) lifting
body re-entry research vehicle program, helped in the development
of the Space Shuttle.
ASA Space Shuttle (model)
The Space Shuttle is a reusable U.S. space vehicle
- Bede Aircraft BD-5, an experimental
homebuilt kit, single seat high performance aircraft.
- The 1942 Model C-3 Link
Trainer
- Teledyne Ryan AQM-34K Firebee
(RPV)
- Northrop Grumman BQM-74F
- Orion Industries UAV Model 706
Sea Bat
- Lockheed YO-3A Quiet Star,
not on display
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- In
addition to the aircraft currently being displayed, numerous
Western Museum of Flight volunteers and Northrop Aircraft volunteers
have processed the following aircraft through the Darrell G.
McNeal Restoration Facility.
- The Northrop N-3PB
World War II single engine seaplane built in 1940. Twenty four
N-3PB's were built, this is the only remaining example.
- The Northrop X-4 "Bantam"
. Only two of these aircraft were built. The X-4 "Bantam"
was restored by the Western Museum of Flight and is on display
at the United States Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio.
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- Currently, there is no restoration facility at the museum
due to space limitations
Piston and jet aircraft
engines include:
- Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-1 "Wasp Jr." 9 Cylinder,
Air-cooled, Radial Engine, 450 HP
- Wright GR-1820-G205 "Cyclone," 9-Cylinder, Radial,
Air-cooled, 1200 HP
- General Electric J-79-GE-3A, Gas Turbine.
- Pratt & Whtney.TF30 Turbofan.
- Pratt & Whtney. R4360 Wasp Major,
28 Cylinder Air-cooled Radial.
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- The aircraft model
collection is quite extensive. The over 300 models include numerous
wind tunnel models including the Northrop "Alpha",
the Northrop A-9A, Hundreds of plastic scale models are also
included in the collection.
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