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| Keywords: AJ-2 Savage test bed for Lycoming engines in flight.jpeg A North American AJ-2 Savage BuNo 130418 civil registration N68667 in flight It was used as a testbed for the AVCO Lycoming YF102-LD-100 turbofan engine used on the Northrop YA-9 The jet engine was mounted on specially-built truss assembly which could be retracted hydraulically into the bomb bay <br> This aircraft was accepted by the U S Navy on 6 February 1953 and entered squadron service with Composite Squadron VC-7 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River Maryland USA Between 1955 and 1960 the aircraft was in service with VC-6 VAH-6 and VAH-16 flying from NAS Atsugi Japan NAS Barbers Point Hawaii and NAS North Island California and completing deployments in the carriers USS Yorktown CVA-10 and USS Bennington CVA-20 Stricken in February 1960 the aircraft accumulated a total of 1 630 hours while in U S Navy service <br> Subsequently purchased for service as a fire fighter the it performed this duty until 1971 at which time AVCO Lycoming bought the aircraft from a fire fighting operator in Madras Oregon for use as flight test bed for the company's engine designs The aircraft ceased flight operations in 1975 and was placed in storage For much of the ensuing decade Naval Aviation Museum Director Captain Grover Walker negotiated with the company for acquisition of the aircraft for the museum collection On 15 May 1985 it was flight delivered to NAS Pensacola Florida USA http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16010697 QueryPage 2FQuery php http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Query php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16002521 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 3246 ca 1971-1975 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy North American AJ Savage Lycoming turbofan engines Engine testbed aircraft | ||||
