Aircraft 53-1709 - F-100C - 01-NA

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9 Click picture to enlarge Photo Id: 53-1709-Skyline-Mag-Cover-Nov-1955.jpg
Photo contributor: Mark Brown (22)
Col. Horace B. Hanes in 53-1709 on taxi way, 20 August 1955. Col. Hanes broke the official speed record on this date in this aircraft. Note by Larry "Brushface": 53-1709 is presently displayed at San Jose, California. She is painted as 55-2879, 21 TFW, Misawa, Japan. The original aircraft 55-2879 carried the name LITTLE JOHN on the nose and was destroyed as QF312 on 16 August, 1988, at Tyndall AFB.
10 Click picture to enlarge Photo Id: 53-1709-Col-Horace-Hanes-1955.jpg
Photo contributor: Mark Brown (22)
Col. Horace B. Hanes in 53-1709, 20 August 1955. Col. Hanes broke the official speed record on this date in this aircraft. Note by Larry "Brushface": 53-1709 is presently displayed at San Jose, California. She is painted as 55-2879, 21 TFW, Misawa, Japan. The original aircraft 55-2879 carried the name LITTLE JOHN on the nose and was destroyed as QF312 on 16 August, 1988, at Tyndall AFB.
11 Click picture to enlarge Photo Id: 53-1709-Palmdale-CA-1955.jpg
Photo contributor: Mark Brown (22)
53-1709 being prepared for the successful attempt to break the world speed record on 20 August 1955. The aircraft is parked on the ramp near North American's flight test hangar, near Palmdale, CA. Note by Larry "Brushface": 53-1709 is presently displayed at San Jose, California. She is painted as 55-2879, 21 TFW, Misawa, Japan. The original aircraft 55-2879 carried the name LITTLE JOHN on the nose and was destroyed as QF312 on 16 August, 1988, at Tyndall AFB.
12 Click picture to enlarge Photo Id: 53-1709-Palmdale-CA-no2.jpg
Photo contributor: Mark Brown (22)
Col. Horace B. Hanes in 53-1709 on taxi way, 20 August 1955. Col. Hanes broke the official speed record on this date in this aircraft. Note by Larry "Brushface": 53-1709 is presently displayed at San Jose, California. She is painted as 55-2879, 21 TFW, Misawa, Japan. The original aircraft 55-2879 carried the name LITTLE JOHN on the nose and was destroyed as QF312 on 16 August, 1988, at Tyndall AFB.
1088 Click picture to enlarge Photo Id: 53-1709-San-Jose-Intl-ap-e.jpg
Photo contributor: Joe Davidson (142)
I (Joe Davidson) took this photo in 1997 at the San Jose State School in Santa Clara, CA. The school is located at the San Jose International Airport. The a/c has a NASA logo on the vertical stabilizer. It is now on display as 53-1709 at the Castle Air Museum. Note by Larry "Brushface": 53-1709 is presently displayed at San Jose, California. She is painted as 55-2879, 21 TFW, Misawa, Japan. The original aircraft 55-2879 carried the name LITTLE JOHN on the nose and was destroyed as QF312 on 16 August, 1988, at Tyndall AFB.