Ron Monroe Collection of YF-17 Photos

[fightingirish]

71 colour pictures of the Northrop YF-17 Light Weight Fighter taken by Northrop Aircraft photographers posted by Ron Monroe at Flickr. B)


Link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/52810288@N05/sets/72157632266352129/

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

These deserve their own topic.


Mostly official Northrop photos, collected by former Northrop guy Ron Monroe. Hopefully some of our former Northropers will appreciate, as well as everyone else.


I've resized them down for reposting here, check the originals (very large scans) on the flickr link above.

 

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Missed one. Ron has some interesting behind the scenes comments on his Flickr posts too.

 

[Stargazer]

Absolutely stunning. It's fantastic to see so many great shots of one of my favorite fighter prototypes, many of which never seen before!

Thanks for digging and sharing, PaulMM.

 

[pedrospe]

Amazing collection of yf-17 photos and with great resolution,thanks a lot for sharing.




best regards


pedro

 

[Sundog]

Well, now I know where my photos came from. These are outstanding. I know what I'll be downloading when I get home from work tonight! Thanks for bringing them to our attention.

Edit: It should be noted that there is also a lot of good commentary to go with the photos at the Flickr site.

 

[GTX]

Interesting to see the one showing the AIM-7 on the wingtip and the AIM-9 on the wing pylon.

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Well, now I know where my photos came from. These are outstanding. I know what I'll be downloading when I get home from work tonight! Thanks for bringing them to our attention.

Edit: It should be noted that there is also a lot of good commentary to go with the photos at the Flickr site.

I did mention that above. Yes, very interesting.

 

[Sundog]

I did mention that above. Yes, very interesting.

I never made it down to that post, as after images in the first two I had to hop over to the actual Flickr site and see them full sized.

 

[Magoodotcom]

Fantastic pics - I wrote a book about the F/A-18 in RAAF service 10 years ago and was given access to much of the Northrop archived imagery that was stored at the old Western Museum of Flight at Hawthorne (now moved to Zamperelli Field in LA). many of the pics I used had never ben published before, but I didn't see this collection! Wow!