O/T...Unusual aircraft configurations - Flying Testbeds

[AirDOGGe]

A blog/article over at Aviation Week features some great photos of several familiar aircraft with extra powerplants mounted on them for testing reasons. Quite fascinating.

(The Falcon 20 with full afterburner blazing is especially noteworthy!)

Link:
Weird and wonderful - flying testbeds

[SpinB]

Re: O/T...Unusual aircraft configurations - Flying Testbeds

Good Find AD!! If that doesn't get Aerion's a$$ moving on their SSBizJet, I don't know what will. I can see a lot of operators have just become glassy-eyed with a sudden tightening of the pants....

[Chad Veich]

Re: O/T...Unusual aircraft configurations - Flying Testbeds

Great link, thanks for sharing. I used to regularly see the white and blue 720 operated by Honeywell/Garrett out of Sky Harbor in Phoenix. Very interesting and I was sad to read the airplane is no more. Also, the Canadian B-47 came as quite a surprise!