Up close and personal with an F36 @ Western Museum of Flight

Up close and personal with an F36 @ Western Museum of Flight

Roy Martin, Northrop Grumman retired Chief Test Pilot, Integrated Systems Sector for West Coast Operations. Roy will provide a walk around tour of the aircraft, including description of its characteristics, its capabilities, and its intended missions.

Followed by tour of the Western Museum of Flight

The Western Museum of Flight's collection includes unique aircraft, prototypes, target drones, piston and jet aircraft engines, aircraft components, World War II instruments, aircrew accessories, and an extensive model aircraft collection.

Northrop YF-23A “Black Widow II” Advanced Tactical Fighter (PAV-2)

https://wmof.com/project/northrop-yf-23a-black-widow-ii/

The YF-23A “Black Widow II” was the Northrop/McDonnell Douglas team’s entry into the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) competition. The four-way ATF competition pitted the Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23A “Black Widow II” team against the Lockheed/Boeing/General Dynamics YF-22A “Lightning II” team. The Pratt & Whitney YF119 engine competed with the General Electric YF120 engine. At the end of the competition, the YF-22A “Lightning II” and the Pratt & Whitney YF119 engine were the winners. The YF-22 was originally given the unofficial name “Lightning II”, after the World War II Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter, which persisted until the mid-1990s, when the USAF officially named the aircraft “Raptor”; “Lightning II” was later given to the F-35. The aircraft was also briefly dubbed “SuperStar” and “Rapier”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YF-23

The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 is an American single-seat, twin-engine, stealth fighter prototype technology demonstrator designed for the United States Air Force (USAF). The design team, with Northrop as the prime contractor, was a finalist in the USAF's Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) demonstration and validation competition, battling the YF-22 team for full-scale development and production. Nicknamed "Black Widow II", two YF-23 prototypes were built.

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