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A C-130 Hercules taxis on an Edwards runway here June 16 after performing communication, navigation, radar and air data testing as part of the Avionics Modernization Program. The AMP upgrade includes replacement of 1960s era instruments with a modernized glass cockpit. Developmental testing of the C-130 AMP is scheduled to end in September 2009. (Air Force photo by Edward Cannon)


418th FLTS, Boeing upgrade two C-130 cockpits

A C-130 Hercules taxis on an Edwards runway here June 16 after performing communication, navigation, radar and air data testing as part of the Avionics Modernization Program. The AMP upgrade includes replacement of 1960s era instruments with a modernized glass cockpit. Developmental testing of the C-130 AMP is scheduled to end in September 2009. (Air Force photo by Edward Cannon)

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#OTD 26 May 1950 at Edwards - The Douglas XA2D-1 Skyshark, an experimental turboprop-powered version of the company’s AD-1 Skyraider, made its first flight, flown by George Jansen. The aircraft’s turboprop engine transmitted power to two large counterrotating three-bladed propellers through a complicated gearbox.
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#OTD 30 Apr 1966 at Edwards - Air Force Flight Test Center test pilot Col. Joseph F. Cotton saved XB-70 Valkyrie #2 from destruction following an in-flight emergency in which the landing gear failed to lower into position. He crawled to a relay box containing two malfunctioning terminals and short-circuited them with a paper clip, whereupon the gear extended normally.
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A new cooling unit is lifted off a parking lot by a helicopter to be placed on the roof of Bldg. 1600 April 7. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)
Workers from Siller Helicopters, Inc., attach cables to a new cooling unit to be lifted onto Bldg. 1600 April 7. The company's helicopter would dangle cable lines to be attached onto the old coolers, which were lifted off Bldg. 1600 and placed in a parking lot nearby. Workers then attached the cables to the new unit to be lifted onto the building. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)