The Western Museum of Flight


				Just Above Sunset May 8, 2005 - The Western Museum of Flight



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		The Western Museum of Flight, of the Southern California Historical Aviation Foundation - 12016 Prairie Avenue, Hawthorne, California 90250 A MIG in appropriate red… As they say at the site - Northrop's Air Combat Fighter design was built in 1973-74. This is YF-17 "Cobra" Number 1. YF-17 "Cobra" Number 2 is at the US Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, Florida. YF-17 "Cobra" Number 1 made its first flight at Edwards AFB on 9 June 1974 with Northrop Chief Test Pilot Hank Chouteau at the controls. It went supersonic in level flight, without afterburner, on its second flight. And this design became the F/A-18 of course. Note the Sidewinder air-to-air missile on the end of the wing - produced by Hughes out in Pomona and then, later, in Tucson. After leaving Northrop your editor worked for Hughes. One gathers all sorts of useless information this way.







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