Paris Air Show 1977

[Gibbo60feb]

Hi all

Logged 721570, prototype YF-17A Hornet

No trace within Hornet prod list, any ideas as to id or c/n?

Regards

Nick

[Andy Marden]

According to Baugher:

72-1569/1570 Northrop YF-17 Cobra
MSN 1,2
1569 (MSN 1) rolled out Apr 4, 1974. To US Navy as 201569. Assigned to NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, CA,
May 27 to July 14, 1976. The Dryden Flight Research Center flew the Northrop Aviation YF-17
technology demonstrator to test the high-performance USAF fighter at transonic speeds.
Put on display at Western Museum of Flight, Hawthorne, CA. The Western Museum of Flight is
now located at Torrance Airport, CA.
1570 (MSN 2) Aug 21, 1974: First flight. Ca. 8/74: TOS USAF.
1974: Flew test flight competing against the YF-16 for production.
To US Navy as 201570. 9/76: Attended the Farnborough Air Show.
6/77: Attended the Paris Air Show. Marked on vertical stabilizer as “F-18 PROTOTYPE” and
wearing 2-toned blue-grey camouflage
By 7/89: On display at National Museum of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, FL.
By 5/96: Battleship USS Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, AL. On loan from National Naval Aviation Museum.
Noted Feb 2005 at USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, AL

[Alf]

Hi all

Logged 721570, prototype YF-17A Hornet

No trace within Hornet prod list, any ideas as to id or c/n?

Regards

Nick

72-1570 is its USAF serial. Its a YF-17 not YF-18. This was the aircraft that lost out to the F-16 for the USAF.