Registration / Serial:69-7698
Other Marks:HX013
Aircraft Original Type:Beech 33 Debonair/Bonanza
Aircraft Generic Type:Beech 33 Debonair/Bonanza
Aircraft Version:Beech QU-22B (1079)
C/n (msn):EB-6
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Drac's Bat
City / Airport:San Jose - Norman Y Mineta International (KSJC / SJC)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1 September 1979
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:867448Submit Correction
View count: 49
Used as a ground instructional airframe, later registered N74TA. The QU-22B was intended as an unmanned airborne relay for the 'Igloo White' operation during the Southeast Asia War. This placed and monitored sensors to detect traffic along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. In 1970 a detachment of the 553rd Recon Wing known as the "Vampires" conducted the first operational QU-22B mission, all flights then carrying a pilot due to unreliability problems with the equipment. In 1972, after the loss of several aircraft, the USAF cancelled the QU-22 program
Registration / Serial:69-7698
Aircraft Version:Beech QU-22B (1079)
C/n (msn):EB-6
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:San Jose - Norman Y Mineta International (KSJC / SJC)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1 September 1979
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:69-7698
Other Marks:HX013
Aircraft Original Type:Beech 33 Debonair/Bonanza
Aircraft Generic Type:Beech 33 Debonair/Bonanza
Aircraft Version:Beech QU-22B (1079)
C/n (msn):EB-6
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Drac's Bat
City / Airport:San Jose - Norman Y Mineta International (KSJC / SJC)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1 September 1979
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:867448Submit Correction
View count: 49
Used as a ground instructional airframe, later registered N74TA. The QU-22B was intended as an unmanned airborne relay for the 'Igloo White' operation during the Southeast Asia War. This placed and monitored sensors to detect traffic along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. In 1970 a detachment of the 553rd Recon Wing known as the "Vampires" conducted the first operational QU-22B mission, all flights then carrying a pilot due to unreliability problems with the equipment. In 1972, after the loss of several aircraft, the USAF cancelled the QU-22 program
Registration / Serial:69-7698
Aircraft Version:Beech QU-22B (1079)
C/n (msn):EB-6
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:San Jose - Norman Y Mineta International (KSJC / SJC)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1 September 1979
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact