3 results found
Registration / Serial:"61-2059"
Aircraft Original Type:Convair B-58 Hustler
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair B-58 Hustler
Aircraft Version:Convair YRB-58A Hustler
C/n (msn):7
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Greased Lightning
City / Airport:Rantoul - National Aviation Center / Frank Elliott Field (TIP)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Collection:Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum
Photo Date:20 April 2013
Photo by:Glenn ChatfieldContact
Photo ID:634665Submit Correction
View count: 132
Actually 55-666. 20 Mar 58 first flight as YB-58A. Used as test aircraft by Convair. 8 Nov 58: Flew 32 minutes at sustained Mach 2 with YJ79-GE-5 engines. 28 Apr 59: TOS USAF, but retained by Convair as a test and evaluation aircraft. 1 May 59: Converted to YRB-58A. 11/62: 6510th Operational Maintenance Squadron (AFSC), Edwards AFB, CA. 5/64: 3345th Maintenance and Support Group (ATC), Chanute AFB, IL. 5/65: Redesignated GRB-58A. 1967: Museum status; displayed at base air park. 1993: Chanute Air Museum. Marked as 61-2059. 10/15: Chanute Museum closed. 2017: Moved to Castle Air Museum, Castle AFB, CA.
Registration / Serial:"61-2059"
Aircraft Version:Convair YRB-58A Hustler
C/n (msn):7
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Rantoul - National Aviation Center / Frank Elliott Field (TIP)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Photo Date:20 April 2013
Photo by:Glenn ChatfieldContact
Registration / Serial:"61-2059"
Aircraft Original Type:Convair B-58 Hustler
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair B-58 Hustler
Aircraft Version:Convair YRB-58A Hustler
C/n (msn):7
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Greased Lightning
City / Airport:Rantoul - National Aviation Center / Frank Elliott Field (TIP)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Collection:Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum
Photo Date:20 April 2013
Photo by:Glenn ChatfieldContact
Photo ID:634665Submit Correction
View count: 132
Actually 55-666. 20 Mar 58 first flight as YB-58A. Used as test aircraft by Convair. 8 Nov 58: Flew 32 minutes at sustained Mach 2 with YJ79-GE-5 engines. 28 Apr 59: TOS USAF, but retained by Convair as a test and evaluation aircraft. 1 May 59: Converted to YRB-58A. 11/62: 6510th Operational Maintenance Squadron (AFSC), Edwards AFB, CA. 5/64: 3345th Maintenance and Support Group (ATC), Chanute AFB, IL. 5/65: Redesignated GRB-58A. 1967: Museum status; displayed at base air park. 1993: Chanute Air Museum. Marked as 61-2059. 10/15: Chanute Museum closed. 2017: Moved to Castle Air Museum, Castle AFB, CA.
Registration / Serial:"61-2059"
Aircraft Version:Convair YRB-58A Hustler
C/n (msn):7
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Rantoul - National Aviation Center / Frank Elliott Field (TIP)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Photo Date:20 April 2013
Photo by:Glenn ChatfieldContact
Registration / Serial:55-666
Alternate Serial:55-0666
Aircraft Original Type:Convair B-58 Hustler
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair B-58 Hustler
Aircraft Version:Convair YRB-58A Hustler
C/n (msn):7
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Greased Lightning
City / Airport:Atwater - Castle (KMER / MER)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Collection:Castle Air Museum
Photo Date:4 October 2019
Photo by:Jack PoelstraContact
Photo ID:614184Submit Correction
View count: 224
Registration / Serial:55-666
Alternate Serial:55-0666
Aircraft Version:Convair YRB-58A Hustler
C/n (msn):7
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Atwater - Castle (KMER / MER)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:4 October 2019
Photo by:Jack PoelstraContact
Registration / Serial:55-666
Alternate Serial:55-0666
Aircraft Original Type:Convair B-58 Hustler
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair B-58 Hustler
Aircraft Version:Convair YRB-58A Hustler
C/n (msn):7
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Greased Lightning
City / Airport:Atwater - Castle (KMER / MER)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Collection:Castle Air Museum
Photo Date:4 October 2019
Photo by:Jack PoelstraContact
Photo ID:614184Submit Correction
View count: 224
Registration / Serial:55-666
Alternate Serial:55-0666
Aircraft Version:Convair YRB-58A Hustler
C/n (msn):7
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Atwater - Castle (KMER / MER)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:4 October 2019
Photo by:Jack PoelstraContact
Registration / Serial:"61-2059"
Alternate Serial:12059
Military Code:2059
Aircraft Original Type:Convair B-58 Hustler
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair B-58 Hustler
Aircraft Version:Convair GRB-58A Hustler
C/n (msn):7
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Unit Markings:SAC - Strategic Air Command
Aircraft Name:Greased Lightning
City / Airport:Rantoul - National Aviation Center / Frank Elliott Field (TIP)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Collection:Chanute Air Force Base Collection
Photo Date:27 January 1984
Photo by:Bob ThomasContact
Photo ID:355529Submit Correction
View count: 927
Slide taken when Chanute AFB was still active. This is actually GRB-58A 55-666 painted as B-58A 61-2059. This a/c was originally built as a YB-58A. Transferred to Chanute in May 1964 as a ground instructional airframe. Redesignated GRB-58A in May 1965. Put on display at the base in 1967. After the Chanute Air Museum closed in 2015, this a/c was moved in August 2017 to the Castle Air Museum in California.
Registration / Serial:"61-2059"
Alternate Serial:12059
Aircraft Version:Convair GRB-58A Hustler
C/n (msn):7
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Rantoul - National Aviation Center / Frank Elliott Field (TIP)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Photo Date:27 January 1984
Photo by:Bob ThomasContact
Registration / Serial:"61-2059"
Alternate Serial:12059
Military Code:2059
Aircraft Original Type:Convair B-58 Hustler
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair B-58 Hustler
Aircraft Version:Convair GRB-58A Hustler
C/n (msn):7
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Unit Markings:SAC - Strategic Air Command
Aircraft Name:Greased Lightning
City / Airport:Rantoul - National Aviation Center / Frank Elliott Field (TIP)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Collection:Chanute Air Force Base Collection
Photo Date:27 January 1984
Photo by:Bob ThomasContact
Photo ID:355529Submit Correction
View count: 927
Slide taken when Chanute AFB was still active. This is actually GRB-58A 55-666 painted as B-58A 61-2059. This a/c was originally built as a YB-58A. Transferred to Chanute in May 1964 as a ground instructional airframe. Redesignated GRB-58A in May 1965. Put on display at the base in 1967. After the Chanute Air Museum closed in 2015, this a/c was moved in August 2017 to the Castle Air Museum in California.
Registration / Serial:"61-2059"
Alternate Serial:12059
Aircraft Version:Convair GRB-58A Hustler
C/n (msn):7
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Rantoul - National Aviation Center / Frank Elliott Field (TIP)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Photo Date:27 January 1984
Photo by:Bob ThomasContact