XF-90 restoration project

[bercr]

http://xf-90.org [link defunct - admin]

What else ?

 

[bercr]

I thought that the XF-90 wreckage would be shown in the USAF MUseum without restoration, as it was, for showing the effects of atomic bomb blast... ?

 

[Matej]

It is still radioactive! It has been decontamined, but it will still take some time before any public display. Via FluidTech Inc.

 

[bercr]

Very interesting shots ! Thanks a lot


I like this plane...

 

[Vahe Demirjian]

Photos of the second XF-90 prototype in storage at the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio are available at these links:
https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/V...Sheets/Display/Article/198059/lockheed-xf-90/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lockheed-XF90_Nose.JPGhttps://www.airliners.net/photo/USA-Air-Force/Lockheed-XF-90/1855801

 

[NMaude]

It is still radioactive! It has been decontamined, but it will still take some time before any public display. Via FluidTech Inc.

Talking about radioactive wreckage, here's this newly uploaded 1952 film on the damage effects of nuclear explosions on grounded aircraft including the XF-90A:

This documentary introduces a series of nuclear explosion tests on aircraft damage and durability during a military operation.