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April, 1961 Last Scheduled jet aircraft to land at or fly from NAS Anacostia was this A4D-2N from NATC Patuxent River. Station does not expect to handle further jet traffic before it closes gates and makes the shift to its new site nearby Andrews AFB. The A4D was flown by LCdr. E. V. Crangie. It was in Washington to participate in the Inaugural Parade. For same parade, Anacostia received its first - and likely its last - visit by an F4H-1 Phantom II.
NavAirNews, US NAVY Photo provided by John Gabbard.
NA-4M Skyhawk BuNo 155049 (Salty Dog
300) spent its entire operational life involved in test and evaluation work. It
was built as a A-4F, then converted to a prototype A-4M the same year, and
immediately instrumented for A-4M development flight test and structural
demonstration requirements. After conversion, its first flight was on 14 May
1970.
BIS #1
BIS #2
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This A-4M aircraft commenced flight testing at Patuxent River in February
1971 as the Board of Inspection and Survey (BIS) Trials aircraft. Flight testing
continued until its retirement to Patuxent River Naval
Air Museum in November 1990. Over the years, this particular aircraft was
involved in many tests and evaluations. Primarily, it was instrumented and
utilized as the test aircraft for the Pratt & Whitney J-52-P-408 turbojet engine
Component Improvement Program.
Photo Courtesy Patuxent River Naval Air
Museum. Photographed by Joe Gherrity, Museum Photographer.