5 results found
Registration / Serial:45-57295
Alternate Serial:557295
Aircraft Original Type:Bell P-63 Kingcobra
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell P-63 Kingcobra
Aircraft Version:Bell QF-63G Kingcobra
C/n (msn):[ 45-57295 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:San Antonio / Lackland AFB [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Collection:USAF History and Traditions Museum
Photo Date:9 October 1979
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:868045Submit Correction
View count: 54
Originally built as a P-63 fighter, later converted to RP-63G and then re-designated as QF-63G in 1948. These were used as manned live-fire targets in which a pilot would fly the Kingcobra while bomber gunners fired special frangible lead and plastic bullets at it. The aircraft's skin was reinforced and fitted with over a hundred microphones. When a bullet hit the aircraft, a light in the propeller hub would flash and a counter in the cockpit registered, earning it the nickname "Pinball"
Registration / Serial:45-57295
Alternate Serial:557295
Aircraft Version:Bell QF-63G Kingcobra
C/n (msn):[ 45-57295 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:San Antonio / Lackland AFB [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Photo Date:9 October 1979
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:45-57295
Alternate Serial:557295
Aircraft Original Type:Bell P-63 Kingcobra
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell P-63 Kingcobra
Aircraft Version:Bell QF-63G Kingcobra
C/n (msn):[ 45-57295 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:San Antonio / Lackland AFB [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Collection:USAF History and Traditions Museum
Photo Date:9 October 1979
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:868045Submit Correction
View count: 54
Originally built as a P-63 fighter, later converted to RP-63G and then re-designated as QF-63G in 1948. These were used as manned live-fire targets in which a pilot would fly the Kingcobra while bomber gunners fired special frangible lead and plastic bullets at it. The aircraft's skin was reinforced and fitted with over a hundred microphones. When a bullet hit the aircraft, a light in the propeller hub would flash and a counter in the cockpit registered, earning it the nickname "Pinball"
Registration / Serial:45-57295
Alternate Serial:557295
Aircraft Version:Bell QF-63G Kingcobra
C/n (msn):[ 45-57295 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:San Antonio / Lackland AFB [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Photo Date:9 October 1979
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:45-57295
Alternate Serial:557295
Aircraft Original Type:Bell P-63 Kingcobra
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell P-63 Kingcobra
Aircraft Version:Bell QF-63G Kingcobra
C/n (msn):[ 45-57295 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:San Antonio / Lackland AFB [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Collection:USAF History and Traditions Museum
Photo Date:16 October 1985
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:764927Submit Correction
View count: 97
Preserved at Lackland AFB by 1965.
Registration / Serial:45-57295
Alternate Serial:557295
Aircraft Version:Bell QF-63G Kingcobra
C/n (msn):[ 45-57295 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:San Antonio / Lackland AFB [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Photo Date:16 October 1985
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:45-57295
Alternate Serial:557295
Aircraft Original Type:Bell P-63 Kingcobra
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell P-63 Kingcobra
Aircraft Version:Bell QF-63G Kingcobra
C/n (msn):[ 45-57295 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:San Antonio / Lackland AFB [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Collection:USAF History and Traditions Museum
Photo Date:16 October 1985
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:764927Submit Correction
View count: 97
Preserved at Lackland AFB by 1965.
Registration / Serial:45-57295
Alternate Serial:557295
Aircraft Version:Bell QF-63G Kingcobra
C/n (msn):[ 45-57295 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:San Antonio / Lackland AFB [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Photo Date:16 October 1985
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:45-57295
Alternate Serial:557295
Aircraft Original Type:Bell P-63 Kingcobra
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell P-63 Kingcobra
Aircraft Version:Bell QF-63G Kingcobra
C/n (msn):[ 45-57295 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Pin Ball - Do Not Tilt
City / Area:San Antonio / Lackland AFB [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Collection:USAF Airman Heritage Museum
Photo Date:5 April 2024
Photo by:Aad van der VoetContact
Photo ID:704154Submit Correction
View count: 362
Often quoted as an RP-63G, but in June 1948 all surviving RP-63G aitrframes were redesignated as QF-63G. "Pin Ball - Do Not Tilt" is one of 31 aircraft on display at the Lackland parade field.
Registration / Serial:45-57295
Alternate Serial:557295
Aircraft Version:Bell QF-63G Kingcobra
C/n (msn):[ 45-57295 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:San Antonio / Lackland AFB [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Photo Date:5 April 2024
Photo by:Aad van der VoetContact
Registration / Serial:45-57295
Alternate Serial:557295
Aircraft Original Type:Bell P-63 Kingcobra
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell P-63 Kingcobra
Aircraft Version:Bell QF-63G Kingcobra
C/n (msn):[ 45-57295 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Pin Ball - Do Not Tilt
City / Area:San Antonio / Lackland AFB [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Collection:USAF Airman Heritage Museum
Photo Date:5 April 2024
Photo by:Aad van der VoetContact
Photo ID:704154Submit Correction
View count: 362
Often quoted as an RP-63G, but in June 1948 all surviving RP-63G aitrframes were redesignated as QF-63G. "Pin Ball - Do Not Tilt" is one of 31 aircraft on display at the Lackland parade field.
Registration / Serial:45-57295
Alternate Serial:557295
Aircraft Version:Bell QF-63G Kingcobra
C/n (msn):[ 45-57295 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:San Antonio / Lackland AFB [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Photo Date:5 April 2024
Photo by:Aad van der VoetContact
Registration / Serial:45-57295
Alternate Serial:557295
Aircraft Original Type:Bell P-63 Kingcobra
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell P-63 Kingcobra
Aircraft Version:Bell QF-63G Kingcobra
C/n (msn):[ 45-57295 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:San Antonio / Lackland AFB [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Collection:USAF History and Traditions Museum
Photo Date:18 October 1975
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Photo ID:47575Submit Correction
View count: 815
Displayed at Lackland AFB wearing the early postwar high conspicuity manned aerial target scheme.
Registration / Serial:45-57295
Alternate Serial:557295
Aircraft Version:Bell QF-63G Kingcobra
C/n (msn):[ 45-57295 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:San Antonio / Lackland AFB [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Photo Date:18 October 1975
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Registration / Serial:45-57295
Alternate Serial:557295
Aircraft Original Type:Bell P-63 Kingcobra
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell P-63 Kingcobra
Aircraft Version:Bell QF-63G Kingcobra
C/n (msn):[ 45-57295 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:San Antonio / Lackland AFB [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Collection:USAF History and Traditions Museum
Photo Date:18 October 1975
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Photo ID:47575Submit Correction
View count: 815
Displayed at Lackland AFB wearing the early postwar high conspicuity manned aerial target scheme.
Registration / Serial:45-57295
Alternate Serial:557295
Aircraft Version:Bell QF-63G Kingcobra
C/n (msn):[ 45-57295 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:San Antonio / Lackland AFB [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Photo Date:18 October 1975
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Registration / Serial:45-57295
Alternate Serial:557295
Aircraft Original Type:Bell P-63 Kingcobra
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell P-63 Kingcobra
Aircraft Version:Bell QF-63G Kingcobra
C/n (msn):[ 45-57295 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:San Antonio / Lackland AFB [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Collection:USAF History and Traditions Museum
Photo Date:27 October 2007
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Photo ID:37123Submit Correction
View count: 448
Registration / Serial:45-57295
Alternate Serial:557295
Aircraft Version:Bell QF-63G Kingcobra
C/n (msn):[ 45-57295 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:San Antonio / Lackland AFB [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Photo Date:27 October 2007
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Registration / Serial:45-57295
Alternate Serial:557295
Aircraft Original Type:Bell P-63 Kingcobra
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell P-63 Kingcobra
Aircraft Version:Bell QF-63G Kingcobra
C/n (msn):[ 45-57295 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:San Antonio / Lackland AFB [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Collection:USAF History and Traditions Museum
Photo Date:27 October 2007
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Photo ID:37123Submit Correction
View count: 448
Registration / Serial:45-57295
Alternate Serial:557295
Aircraft Version:Bell QF-63G Kingcobra
C/n (msn):[ 45-57295 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:San Antonio / Lackland AFB [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Photo Date:27 October 2007
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact