Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: B-52s in use Message-ID: <1991Jun19.012133.13745@cbnews.cb.att.com> Date: 19 Jun 91 01:21:33 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.cb.att.com (william.a.thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 30 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Mary Shafer I wrote: >For the trivia-minded--what's the oldest airplane still flying for the >U S Air Force? Tail number not required, exact type will do. And Carl added: > [Could it be the 39-year old Lockheed T-33A > mentioned in Digest 7.36? --CDR] Well, it's 40 years old and it's an NT-33A, but he's quite correct otherwise. The tail number is 0-14120. This airplane has been modified to be a variable-stability aircraft and it's used for in-flight simulation. To hold all the computers, tape recorders, etc, it has an F-94 nose. It can fly like a wide variety of aircraft and it also has a very nice programmable HUD. According to the records, only one civilian woman, a NASA flying qualities engineer, has flown this airborne simulator. No points for guessing who! -- Mary Shafer shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov ames!skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov!shafer NASA Ames Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA Of course I don't speak for NASA "Turn to kill, not to engage." CDR Willie Driscoll