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Fascinating Facts About the Visiting the Airpark Airpark and Its Joe Davies Heritage Airpark is located at • City of Palmdale and 2001 E. Avenue P between 20th Street East and Air Force 25th Street East on the north side of Avenue P officials broke ground in Palmdale. on the 26.4-acre Hours of Operation Joe Davies Heritage Airpark at Palmdale Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays Plant 42 on October 20, 1998. 11 am to 4 pm • The first plane at the Airpark was the Guided tours with Airpark staff or volunteers F-100 Super Sabre. The F-100 Super Sabre are available upon request. To schedule a tour, at the Airpark was once involved in an please call 661/267-5611. unexpected low supersonic flyby during Donating to the Airpark its first flight at Air Force Plant 42. The F-100 was actually used as an Air Force Do you have an aircraft, supplies, equipment or U.S. AIR FORCE Thunderbird during a Far East Tour in 1959. monetary donation that you would like to make to PLANT 42 Joe Davies Heritage Airpark? Donations to the Airpark may be made through Palmdale Community Foundation, a nonprofit, tax-

exempt, 501(c)(3) organization. All donations are Rancho Vista Boulevard Avenue P S i e r a H g h w y 2 0 t h S r 2 5 t h S r Celebrating the tax deductible. If you are interested in donating,

please call 661/267-5611. e t E a s e t E a s heritage of Palmdale! Volunteering at the Airpark

14 • The F-104 Airpark volunteers, many of whom are retired N Starfighter on aerospace workers, have generously and faithfully Map not to scale display at the donated their time and expertise to prepare the Airpark was used at Edwards Air Force planes for display. They are extremely proud of the Test Pilot School and was flown by the Airpark and its celebration of the rich aerospace www.cityofpalmdale.org/airpark late legendary aviator Lt. Col. Robert heritage of Palmdale. If you are interested in Riedenauer. During the 1950s and 1960s, volunteering your time, please call 661/267-5611. the F-104 was referred to as “the missile with a man in it.” Adopt-a-Plane Program • The A-7 Corsair II Adopt-a-Plane is a program in which a group 38300 Sierra Highway on display was used commits to cleaning a particular aircraft display on Palmdale, CA 93550 for target practice a monthly or bi-monthly basis. Materials and tools at China Lake Naval will be provided by the City, and the group will Weapons Center receive the following recognition: prior to arriving at • Recognition in a press release distributed the the Airpark. week prior to the first scheduled cleaning • The Airpark uses salvaged aircraft parts • Group name will be displayed on a sign next to as decorative elements. For instance, the the aircraft signage on the restoration building is • Group name will be placed on the City of attached to an aircraft refueling probe from Palmdale website on the Airpark page an A-7 Corsair II. • Group will be invited to attend special events at the Airpark. About the Airpark

RESTORATION HANGAR Visitors to Joe Davies Heritage Airpark may BUILDING MUSEUM VISITOR FUTURE view a collection of aircraft flown, tested, 11 PARKING designed, produced or modified at U.S. Air 14 Force Plant 42 in Palmdale. The first five-acre RESTORATION/ 22 MAINTENANCE phase of the Airpark 13 BUILDING BLACKBIRD AIRPARK includes 19 planes 15 Owned and operated by the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum on display and a 18 20 PARK AREA at Edwards Air Force Base 12 scale model of the 17 16 21 B-2 Spirit. More than U-2 Vertical RESTORATION/ Stabilizer & 25TH STREET EAST 40 aircraft will be on 7 19 U-2 Engine MAINTENANCE AREA display when the park

ENTRANCE is completed. 6 5 4 10 8 2 The Airpark exists 3 primarily because of 9 1 volunteer support along with aircraft and material donations. When AVENUE P a plane is donated, volunteers disassemble the craft, transport it to the Airpark, and restore it Current Aircraft at the Airpark piece by piece before reassembling it for display. Most of the restoration work is done in a 1 B-2 Spirit SN 88-0330 9 AGM-28 Hound Dog Missile #M-025 Corporation. On loan from United 3,500-square-foot shop donated by Lockheed Built by Northrop Corporation. The Built by , the States Navy. Martin Company. A future visitors Spirit of Air Force Plant 42 is a 1:8 scale model Hound Dog was carried by B-52 . 16 F-4 Phantom II BuNo. 65-0696 center and museum will be built to house private of the B-2 created especially for the Airpark. On loan from . Built by McDonnell Aircraft Corporation. donations accumulated by the City as well as a Donated by . On loan from United States Air Force. snack bar and gift shop. 10 B-52 Stratofortress BuNo. 57-0038 2 C-46 Commando BuNo. 44-78019-A The B-52 Stratofortress was built by The 17 T-38 Talon BuNo. 63-8182 The C-46 Commando was built by Curtiss-Wright Company to carry nuclear weapons Built by Northrop Aircraft Corporation. About U.S. Air Force Plant 42 and used primarily as a military transport aircraft. during the Cold War Era. It has the longest On loan from United States Air Force. Originally known Acquired from Arizona Aerospace Foundation/ unrefueled range of any . On loan as Palmdale Airport, Pima Air & Space Museum. from United States Air Force. 18 A-4 Skyhawk BuNo. 14-5067 Built by Douglas Aircraft Corporation. the U.S. Army Air 3 F-101 Voodoo BuNo. 58-0324 11  Tail #N911NA On loan from . Corps used the Built by McDonnell Aircraft. Acquired by the City Built by The Boeing Company, this shuttle airfield as a base of Palmdale. 19 F-5 Tiger Freedom Fighter BuNo. 74-1529 vehicle transport carrier is on loan from during World War II NASA. Built by Northrop Aircraft Corporation. 4 F-100 Super Sabre BuNo. 54-2299 On loan from United States Navy. (1940-1946). Ownership was transferred to Los Built by North American Aviation. On loan from 12 Triumph – Prototype Angeles County in 1946 for use as a municipal 20 C-140 Jetstar BuNo. N814NA United States Air Force. Former Thunderbird. SN W143SC Designed by Burt Rutan. airport, but the Cold War and lack of suitable Donated by Scaled Composites, Mojave. Built by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. 5 F-104 Starfighter BuNo. 57-0915 On loan from NASA. airspace in the basin created the Built by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. On loan 13 T-33 Shooting Star BuNo. 51-4533 need for an advanced development facility for F-86 Sabre BuNo. N91FS from United States Air Force. Built by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. 21  the fledgling U.S. Air Force. In 1951, the U.S. Air Acquired by the City from Lyle Strader of Built by North American Aviation. Donated 6 F-105 Thunderchief BuNo. 62-4416 by BAE Systems. Force purchased approximately 5,800 acres of Built by Republic Aircraft Corporation. On loan Shafter Airport in Bakersfield, CA, in 2007. land from Los Angeles County and established  Evacuation Test Sled from United States Air Force. 14 X-55A ACCA SN S0303A-0963 22  Plant 42 in Palmdale in 1953 as the premier 7 F-14 Tomcat BuNo. 16-4350 This Advanced Composite Cargo Future aircraft at the Airpark may include the F-117 production flight test installation in the world. Built by Northrop Grumman Corporation. On loan was built at ’s Palmdale Nighthawk, F-102 Dagger, B-2 Spirit (full scale), U.S. Air Force Plant 42 is home to Boeing, , F-22 Raptor, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and from United States Navy. plant, donated by Lockheed Martin. X-31 Enhanced Fighter. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Northrop Grumman and NASA Dryden Flight 8 F-16 Fighting Falcon “Old Salty” 15 A-7 Corsair II BuNo. 15-4449 BuNo. 78-0105 Built by Lockheed Martin. Donated Built by Ling-Temco- Aerospace Research Center. by Lockheed Martin.