Serial | 645-3997 | |||||||||||||||
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First Flight | 30.10.1990 | |||||||||||||||
Model | YF-22A Raptor | |||||||||||||||
Status | Crashed | |||||||||||||||
Comments | allocated s/n 87-0701 but wore civil reg N22YX; regd 17.1.1990 canx 30.9.2013; at AFFTC/Edwards AFB, CA, for flight tests; dbr 25.5.1992 at Edwards AFB during a touch-and-go began to oscillate violently for 8 seconds before slamming back down onto the runway and slid several thousand feet trailing a shower of sparks. A resulting fire was quickly extinguished; Never flew again but used by Lockheed as a static test airframe. displayed at Nellis AFB, NV, 09.4.1997 wearing fake s/n "86-022" 'WA' to mark 50th anniversary of the USAF; also displayed at the Nellis AFB Open House 24-27.4.1997 as such; | |||||||||||||||
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