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This gallery contains aircraft from Pensacola NAS Museum,USS Alabama(BB-60)Museum,Meridian NAS Airshow and,aircraft flying at different airports and places.This Gallery contains the second of two YF-17 Cobras built,which is at the USS Alabama Museum indoors.Pictures by:Alan Hinkel Photography

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Alan Hinkel Photography > Piasecki(Vertol)CH-21B Workhorse U.S. Air Force SAR Helicopter,S/N-515859,at the USS Alabama(BB-60)Museum.

Alan Hinkel Photography > General Dynamics F-16 Falcon

Alan Hinkel Photography > A-4 Skyhawk at the USS Alabama Memorial Park.If you are down in the Mobile,Al.area,stop in,it is worth every penny.There is one of only two YF-17 Cobra's ever made,as you can see in my pictures.They look like small F/A 18 Hornets.The other one is at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida.Another fine Museum.

Alan Hinkel Photography > A-4 Sky Hawk

Alan Hinkel Photography > F-14 Tomcat

Alan Hinkel Photography > Northrop YF-17 Cobra.One of two ever built.This is the second Cobra(tail number 72-1570)which first flew on 21 August 1974.The First(t.n.72-1569)first flew 9 June 1974 and is at Hawthorn.The two prototypes flew 288 test flights totalling 345.5 hrs.The dual engine YF-17, by Northrop,and single engine YF-16,by General Dynamics started the hunt for the next Light Weight Fighter(LWF)in the late 60's,early 70's..The Cobra was completed on the 28th of January 1971.Both aircraft were designed for the USAF.It lost the LWF battle to the YF-16 Falcon,but by then the small 17 was making room for the next generation Navy and Marine Corps aircraft to replace the costly F-14 Tomcat.The birth of the F/A-18 Hornet Carrier Based Aircraft.The 17 and 18 look identicle except for size and other alterations for the carrier.The 17 has 2 GE 15-J1A1 turbojets rated at 9,000 lb thrust each,Thin wings hold no fuel,Engines close together to minimize asymmetry in the event of an engine loss.It has a top speed of mach1.95,peak load factor of 9.4 g,and a max altitude of over 50,000 ft..Crew-1,Lenght-56 ft.,Height-16.6 ft.,range of 2,990 miles,and a rate of climb of 50,000 ft.per minute.ONLY 2 EVER Built.This one is at the USS Alabama Museum in Mobile,Al.

Alan Hinkel Photography > P-51 Mustang

Alan Hinkel Photography > F-16 with "Spirit of 9-11 Let's Roll"Decal

Alan Hinkel Photography > F-14 Tomcat at the USS Alabama Memorial Park

Alan Hinkel Photography > Tail of an F-14 Tomcat

Alan Hinkel Photography > Kaman SH-2F LAMPS

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Alan Hinkel Photography > Grumman F4B-4

Alan Hinkel Photography > United States Space Capsule

P-51 Mustang

Alan Hinkel Photography > P-51 Mustang

P-51 Mustang

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