It is being offered for sale As Is, Where Is. Never demilled, BuNu 145310 has been under restoration to airworthy condition for the past 10 years by Aircraft Restoration Services LLC at the French Valley Airport, CA. BuNu 145310 last saw use in September 1964 when the Navy retired their test aircraft. Later, during a weapons test, BuNu 145310 had part of the undercarriage door and pylon were burnt by a Sidewinder missile and later that year, the aircraft suffered an engine failure. airplane is known as the F-111 TACT (transonic aircraft technology) airplane.) The approach undertaken in the study. Its door was always open from engine shutdown until after engine start. 5-part resin set designed for the Arii/Otaki (and subsequent re-releases) F-111 kits. The flight control computer ground-check panel is the bottom of the three panels between the seats. The record setting airframe, 145307 is currently in storage at the National Air and Space Museum’s Paul Garber facility in Maryland. F-111 Cockpits The rear bulkhead of an EF-111A (left) showing the hit and run mini-survival kit contained in a small, triangular-shaped box located above the pilot's headrest. The maximum height reached during this record was 125 feet, hence the name “Project Sageburner”. On August 28, 1961, BuNo 145307 (sister ship to 145310) set a new low-altitude speed record at an average speed of 902.760 mph over a 3 km course at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. F-111F Aardvark cockpit set for Academy Black Box No. Operation “Sageburner” was sanctioned to set a new low-altitude speed record. Navy to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of U.S. Records indicate this particular airframe never saw USAF service. ![]() ![]() In August 1961, 145310 was one of three F4H-1F Phantom II’s used by the U.S. aircraft on display Serial Number: 63-6789 F-111 tactical fighter on display (or for sale) at Turners Army surplus. This demonstration was the deciding factor for the United States Air Force to also order the aircraft. On 22nd April 1961, it carried a very impressive 22 Mk83 500lb bombs on various hardpoints under the aircraft and dropped them on a range at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. F4H-1F ‘145310’ was delivered to the Navy in 1959 and was the 11th pre-production aircraft built.
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