Northrop P-530 / P-600 / P-610 / YF-17 Design Evolution

[RAP]

More photos of Cobra mockups.

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

An awesome set of pics @RAP.

 

[ScrutorAudax]

Interesting design changes from YF-17

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Deleted last post by hesham as it provided no value to the topic at all.

 

[Pioneer]

I have been scanning some old slides and came across some slides of the Yf-17that were being thrown in the trash when the F-18L was cancelled. They show some demonstration weapons loadouts for F-18A development. The earlier ones with the aircraft in silver paint are from 1975 while the camo paint is from March 1976. Here are the 1975 images

Thank goodness you had the fortitude to retrieve them BillRo!!

Regards
Pioneer

 

[hesham]

Here is a report about it,

https://books.googleusercontent.com/books/content?req=AKW5Qad73OAvLy0DibK3AVNQYyFye1QZnaPm_tHu21WYOgjMqVZU4JjMfbcsJwReIqfZie9q9w4LbmJ69DLeKluqCOb8ephgOZ3QmPYBgedfBRhQQYC917_h3PUnhak42ra80nlHMTrRx1l9MTI5_X7PHsksJyGIgH2JDjlpe-X_CxhgVavSw0a_EkamLaRHoFwrQZBp1eVQ7pM-In3gO67N4B6Ajn2yL7pdlmwDV56iHj4lTRuRuoeYyEk3oiOfqcqT3W9r-7fYvqdkDZ1mz73e1J4EkIFolohfupbh5CWppOSgca4lVAU

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Here is a report about it,

https://books.googleusercontent.com/books/content?req=AKW5Qad73OAvLy0DibK3AVNQYyFye1QZnaPm_tHu21WYOgjMqVZU4JjMfbcsJwReIqfZie9q9w4LbmJ69DLeKluqCOb8ephgOZ3QmPYBgedfBRhQQYC917_h3PUnhak42ra80nlHMTrRx1l9MTI5_X7PHsksJyGIgH2JDjlpe-X_CxhgVavSw0a_EkamLaRHoFwrQZBp1eVQ7pM-In3gO67N4B6Ajn2yL7pdlmwDV56iHj4lTRuRuoeYyEk3oiOfqcqT3W9r-7fYvqdkDZ1mz73e1J4EkIFolohfupbh5CWppOSgca4lVAU

Link doesn't work, and for the thousandth time, GIVE THE NAME OF THE REPORT so I can find it and fix the link.

 

[hesham]

OK my dear PaulMM,

Inlet Performance Characteristics of a 1/5 Scale Northrop YF-17 Model at Transonic and Supersonic Mach Numbers

www.google.co.nz

but I want to explain why I sent the PDf's link,to can download it here
it's;

 

[fightingirish]

Three nice pictures found at Flickr.

https://flic.kr/p/2pQ2MEE

View: https://flic.kr/p/2pQ2MEE

https://flic.kr/p/2pPZxaH

View: https://flic.kr/p/2pPZxaH

https://flic.kr/p/2pQ1az4

View: https://flic.kr/p/2pQ1az4

 

[Eagle2009]

Got to see one of the YF-17s at the Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, Alabama today...

 

[RAP]

YF-17 mockup in Isreali markings and a couple of models. From SDASM Flickr.

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/israeli-visit-to-northrop-for-yf-17-f-18l.31925/

 

[BillRo]

Every now and again for several years I presented the F-18 mockup to visitors to Northrop. Here are a couple of pix with the big models we used to explain the aircraft. They did not let me talk to the possible customers, but the guy with me in the dark photo was the Brit Consul General in LA.

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Thanks Bill - nice model.

 

[Pioneer]

Every now and again for several years I presented the F-18 mockup to visitors to Northrop. Here are a couple of pix with the big models we used to explain the aircraft. They did not let me talk to the possible customers, but the guy with me in the dark photo was the Brit Consul General in LA.

Go Bill!!

Regards
Pioneer

 

[fightingirish]

Another 50th anniversary.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1799911882687483965

View: https://x.com/airandspace/status/1799911882687483965?t=8_WWl1jUn_enMtzzJA-r_A&s=19