Gruntol5 (July 30, 2008 at 10:54 pm)

6 big pushers - what a great sound!

ZoomieVet (May 15, 2008 at 6:48 pm)

Awesome - thanks! I too have been up close and personal with this airframe and she was rusting and growing moss the last time I saw her. Glad to hear about the restoration!!

cajunhornet60 (May 2, 2008 at 3:35 pm)

GREAT Post saw this airplane over at Kelly when I went through Basic at Lackland in 1966; so glad the USAF is restoring this historic Bird!!Bob in LouisianaGreen HornetVietnam1968-69

Riicker (March 22, 2008 at 4:37 am)

kikikeywest1- According to Wikipedia the Air Force kept the one prototype but didn't place any other orders. The prototype was on display at Kelly AFB until 2004 when it was disassembled for airlift to the USAF museum at Wright-Patterson in Ohio. So I guess that means you've been inside the very aircraft pictured in this video! I envy you! Thanks for the factiod about the walk-in wings; definitely a very cool feature.

mitiusha (February 11, 2008 at 2:11 am)

There was only ONE built

kikikeywest1 (January 14, 2008 at 1:07 am)

I thought there were about 10 built (?). Used to go through the one that was on static display at Kelly AFB, San Antonio, Texas. One nice feature was that you could "walk into the wings" and work on an engine while in flight! Also, had an extremely wide flight deck. m.d. va.

demarch77 (January 4, 2008 at 7:10 pm)

Only one was ever built.

irish89055 (December 14, 2007 at 3:28 pm)

thanks for posting.. was reading about it and thought i check to see if it was on the tube.. great stuff.. they're in the process of bringing one from texas to dayton af museum for full restoration..

oxerin (October 21, 2007 at 2:31 am)

Thank you for posting this rare video of an ever rarer aircraft!!John R