NJ Aviation Hall of Fame & Museum part 2

[beaky]

I don't recall half this stuff being here; this is amazing!! Here's an XLR-99 rocket motor developed for the X-15, made by Reaction Motors, Inc., which was founded in New Jersey:




RMI also made the motor which powered the X1:




Here's an ejection pod from an F111:




Some cool models here; this is a very nice large-scale B25.




And upstairs I spied a replica of my old friend  N19517, a D25 from ORA.




Next: more stuff!!

[Marlin]

ooooooohh

Now tell me rotty, would that F 111 make a great cockpit for your flight sim or what?

But then again, if you don't it, send it to NM will ya?

I'm pretty amazed at just how smalll that x-15 engine is. What is hanging right above it?

[beaky]

ooooooohh

Now tell me rotty, would that F 111 make a great cockpit for your flight sim or what?

But then again, if you don't it, send it to NM will ya?

I'm pretty amazed at just how smalll that x-15 engine is. What is hanging right above it?

Yeah; the inside of that F111 is pretty cushy. What kinda sucks, and you can't see it here, is that the right front windshield panel is cracked badly. So you probably won't want it...
The ejection pod seems like a great idea at first, but according to this gentleman Tony, it is not considered a good thing by most jet pilots- too many things can go wrong, and then you're stuck in the damn thing. They'd rather take their chances ejecting into the slipstream, no matter how fast they're going. I think I agree.

That X15 engine's bigger than it looks; the nozzle, at its widest, is probably over 30 inches in diameter. And what made the X15 so big was the fact that it was basically an enormous fuel tank with wings, tail and cockpit stuck onto it.  Looking at pics elesewhere of that engine, though, I think it's possible this one is missing a forward section...
 That thing above it? Uhhhh... I don't remember; I think it's some sort of scramjet.

[ozzy72]

Now put one of those rocket motors on the roof rack and try for a new speed record in traffic

[C]

ooooooohh

Now tell me rotty, would that F 111 make a great cockpit for your flight sim or what?

Room for both you and a friend!

[Rifleman]

Here's an ejection pod from an F111:

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Well, I guess that verifies my suspicions from Pt 1 of this post.............