Scott R Wilson Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Here are good photos of an early B-58 (55-662) bailed to GE for testing the J93 engine for the XB-70. Clearly the wheel wells were interior green with red edges on the gear doors. I saw the TB-58 (55-668) that was at Carswell on display for many years before it was refurbished and transferred to the museum in Galveston, and its wells had been painted white. It still had stenciling from SAAMA (San Antonio Air Material Area if I'm not mistaken) so was definitely how it was painted in-service. I don't know when they changed from interior green to white. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Whoa, interesting photos ... Thanks for sharing the links ... -Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Scott those are very interesting and super photographs . Nice.good for details. Thanks for posting them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SERNAK Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 If that's a J93 engine attached to the B-58s 'belly', I wonder what they did in order to test it. Did they reduced the power to the other four engines during the procedure or, perhaps something else? Any ideas? Sernak Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caerbannog Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Wow - I just singed up here and this topic already prooved me right - thanks a lot for these pictures - they are what I have been looking for a long time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott R Wilson Posted September 27, 2013 Author Share Posted September 27, 2013 Here's another shot of a training round B43 nuke on a B-58 taken at Moron AB, Spain, sometime between 1962 and 1965. Note this in-service Hustler also has a green wheel well and door interior. I found the photo on this site, which has a lot of other very interesting photos: http://www.3973cds.com/content.php?cat=113 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnJay Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Here's another shot of a training round B43 nuke on a B-58 taken at Moron AB, Spain, sometime between 1962 and 1965. Note this in-service Hustler also has a green wheel well and door interior. I found the photo on this site, which has a lot of other very interesting photos: http://www.3973cds.com/content.php?cat=113 Great website, lots of cool pictures from the cold war days. Thanks for posting the link. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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