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: 953
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: 953
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