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Airframe Details for F-16 #86-0048
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Aircraft:
86-0048
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LM Aero T/V | 1V-1 | |
Plant | General Dynamics | |
Local C/N | ||
Delivered |
USAF
86048
NF-16D Block 30F |
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Current |
USAF
86048
NF-16D Block 30F |
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Status | [act] | |
In 1988, a contract was awarded to General Dynamics, Fort Worth Division to develop the VISTA (Variable stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft). Calspan, a subcontractor to GD, installed a center stick and integrated the computers needed to perform variable stability flights. Wright Labs bought the aircraft in 1988 and from 1988 until 1992, the VISTA/F-16 program was being accomplished. There was no connection between thrust vectoring and VISTA/F-16.
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Aircraft History
Date | Status | Local S/N | Airforce/Unit | Version | Name | Info | ||
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23 Jul 1992 | [act] | 86048 | NF-16D Block 30F | |||||
Dec 1992 | [sto] | 86048 | NF-16D Block 30F | |||||
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Unknown | [act] | 86048 | NF-16D Block 30F | |||||
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Oct 1993 | [act] | 86048 | USAF 416 TS | NF-16D Block 30F | ||||
Feb 1996 | [act] | 86048 | NF-16D Block 30F | |||||
Oct 2000 | [act] | 86048 | USAF 416 FTS | NF-16D Block 30F | ||||
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Apr 2007 | [act] | 86048 | USAF 416 FTS | NF-16D Block 30F | ||||
Apr 2015 | [act] | 86048 | NF-16D Block 30F | |||||
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Feb 2019 | [act] | 86048 | NF-16D Block 30F | News Article | ||||
14 Jun 2021 | [act] | 86048 | NF-16D Block 30F | News Article | ||||
Crew Chief Comments
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SMSgt. Kenneth Isgrigg |
Crew Chief Profile | |
Calspan Corporation , 1994 - 2000 | ||
I was the first Calspan crew chief of the Variable-stability Inflight Simulator Test Aircraft (VISTA). We operated and maintained it out of the Calspan Hangar in Buffalo, NY from the summer of 1994 until the fall of 1999, when we relocated it to Edwards AFB in California. The initial pilots were Jeff Peer (an Israeli ace), John Ball and Karl Hutchinson. Since 1999, the aircraft has been attached to the USAF Test Pilot School, although it is still maintained and operated by Calspan.
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Abbreviations and symbols:
[act] | Active | [i/a] | Instructional Airframe | [sto] | Stored (e.g. at AMARG) |
[cld] | Cancelled Order | [msh] | Involved in Mishap | [w/o] | Write-off |
[con] | Converted | [o/o] | On Order | ||
[des] | Destroyed (drone) | [pre] | Preserved (museum, gateguard) | T/V | LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number |
[emb] | Embargoed | [scr] | Scrapped | Photo Available |
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