2000 Events |
The
NB-52B launched the X-38
Crew Return Vehicle on its sixth free flight on November 2,
2000.
The Space Shuttle Discovery
departed Edwards AFB on November 2, 2000 to return to the Kennedy
Space Center. The X-38 Space Station Lifeboat parachute recovery
system was also tested the same morning.
The Lockheed-Martin X-35 Joint
Strike Fighter took off on its first flight from Air Force
Plant 42 at Palmdale, California on the morning of October 24,
2000. It returned to Palmdale on November 22, a little after
three in the afternoon. It made a series of touch-and-go
landings. It will be equipped with a lift fan and vectored thrust
nozzle for short take-off/vertical landing tests next year.
The Edwards
Air Force Base 2000 Open House was held on October 21.
Planes
of Fame Air Museum Warbirds special event, Chino, California,
October 8, 2000. Airplanes flown included Mustangs, a
Corsair, a pair of Thunderbolts, two Mitchells, a Hellcat, a
Bearcat, four Warhawks, a Zero, a Northrop flying wing, and the
rest.
On August 20, 2000, I chased the Union Pacific Challenger No.
3985 from Pomona to Yermo, California.
Van Nuys
arrival day, Friday June 23, 2000
I spent the first three days of
February sitting off the north end of Nellis Air Force Base
shooting photos of the participants in the Red Flag 00-02 exercise.
The Royal Air Force and the Turkish Air Force were there. The
first page of pictures from the February 2000 Red Flag exercise
features McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagles and Lockheed-Martin F-16
Fighting Falcons.
The second page of pictures from
the February 2000 Red Flag
exercise shows the variety of other aircraft that participated.
On January 6 and 7, 2000, I shot
pictures of the operations at Los Angeles International Airport.
Here, in ascending gross weight, are representatives of the widebody airliners that frequent LAX.
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