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Whale Photos Pg. 21

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HATRON2.GIF (260700 bytes) "HATRON 2"

147665 as seen while with the Coral Sea.

138922FRONT.jpg (195986 bytes) "They aren't all beautiful, boys!"

The final resting place of BuNo 138922 from VAQ33.

(dateline 5/3/04) They originally had 2 Skywarriors.   One was being transferred to a museum somewhere in New Jersey by helicopter sky crane which broke loose and dropped the Whale in the woods totaling it out..............this was about 12 years ago.  The last Skywarrior they had was scrapped/destroyed because the environmentalists in the area were concerned about pollution off of the old aircraft. So Skywarrior #138922 is no more

photo courtesy of Jeff Tramontano via Joe Hawkins

LAKEHURSTA3JETCARTESTTRACK.jpg (608730 bytes) "138922 on a test sled"

BuNo 138922 on a jet sled/car powered by four J-57s. This was taken at the test facilities at NAS Lakehurst, NJ. We're not sure of the testing, could be barracades.  Date unknown. See this link http://www.lakehurst.navy.mil/nlweb/jetcar.htm

"YEA-3A 130361"
 
A photo of YEA-3A 130361 when it was used by the Army.  Shown landing at Baltimore-Washington Airport, where it was used by Westinghouse. Photo by Stephen Miller, 18 May 1965.
"RA-3B 144843 (Army)"
 
A shot of 144843 while used by the Army. Taken at Fairchild AFB on 19 May 1985 by Doug Remington.
"TA-3B 144857 (CNO)"
 
TA-3B 144857 used by CNO. Taken at NAF Andrews, 17 May 1969 by Stephen Miller.
 "TA-3B 144862 (NARU Alameda)"
 
A photo of a NARU Alameda TA-3B.  Taken at NAF Andrews by Marty Isham in April 1967.

"TA-3B 144865 "
 
TA-3B 144865 of VR-1 at NAF Andrews on 30 April 1972.  Photo by Marty Isham.
"VA-3B 142672"|
 
Enclosed photo shows this aircraft while assigned to CNO support.  Taken at NAF Andrews in October 1967 by Roger Besecker.
"EKA-3B 147655"
 
This is a VAW-13 Whale at NAS Alameda taken on 23 August 1967. Photographer was Richard Sullivan

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