Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Collection
Title:
Retired NASA F-18 being hoisted up by crane to pedestal mount at Lancaster California Municipal Baseball Stadium - The Hangar
Photo Description:
Workers adjust a sling holding an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft formerly flown by NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, during operations to mount the airframe for display in front of the municipal baseball stadium on Lancaster, California.
Project Description:
The F/A-18 was used as a safety chase and support aircraft prior to its recent retirement. The aircraft is now mounted nose skyward on a 28-foot-tall pedestal in front of the stadium. The stadium, known as "The Hangar," is the home field of the Lancaster Jethawks, a Class-A farm team of the Seattle Mariners.
Photo Date:
Mar 1997
NASA Photo by:
Tony Landis
facet_what:
F-18
facet_where:
California
facet_where:
Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
facet_when:
Mar 1997
facet_when_year:
1997
Photo Number:
EC97-43957-7
UID:
SPD-DRYDEN-EC97-4395 7-7
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Workers adjust a sling holding an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft formerly flown by NASA's Dr…