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5 April 1955 |
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Constructed as a F-100C-1-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA. |
27 April 1955 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-1712. |
27 April 1955 |
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Transferred to NAMIC (Air Materiel Command), Inglewood, CA. |
28 November 1955 |
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Redesignated as JF-100C. |
18 September 1956 |
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Transferred to 6515th Test Squadron, Edwards AFB, CA. |
From 19 September 1956 to 26 March 1957 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics with s/n 53-1712.
Used to evaluate the behavior of a pitching motion damper. It completed thirty flights and as expected the damper further increased the aircrafts resistance to coupling and these findings were used with the X-15 and SST studies. The four pilots who flew our aircraft and how many times for the NACA; Stanley P. Butchart (16), Neil A. Armstrong (10), Joseph A. Walker (3), and Capt. Hugh P. Hunerwadel (1).The last pilot to fly our aircraft was Neil Armstrong who ferried JF-100C Serial No. 53-1712 to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, AZ, for storage following the completion of inertial roll coupling flight research earlier that month. (Grissom AFB Museum). |
26 March 1957 |
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Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC). |
27 March 1958 |
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Transferred to San Bernardino Air Materiel Area, Norton AFB, CA. |
12 January 1960 |
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Transferred to SARAR, McClellan AFB, CA. |
7 March 1960 |
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Transferred to 4440th Aircraft Delivery Group, Langley AFB, VA. |
8 March 1960 |
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Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC). |
1971 |
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To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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1971 |
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Loaned to Lackland AFB, TX.
Displayed in Parade Ground Air Park. |
14 October 1978 |
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Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: This F-100C Super Sabre, named Gail Ann, was on display at Lackland AFB, Texas in October 1978. |
By August 1986 |
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Loaned to Grissom Air Museum, Grissom AFB, Peru-Kokomo, IN.
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17 July 1996 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the Grissom Air Museum at Grissom AFB, Indiana. |
5 December 2006 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
15 May 2011 |
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Photographer: John Meneely |
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