The Battle of Palmdale
- Subject:
Grumman F6F-5K Hellcat
US Navy (1794-now)
NP45-027495
February 1950 - Point Mugu
Insignia Red upper surfaces Florescent Orange lower surfaces- Scale:
- 1:48
- Status:
- Completed
- Started:
- November 22, 2020
The Battle of Palmdale was the attempted shoot-down of a runaway drone by United States Air Force interceptors in the skies over Southern California in mid-August 1956. The drone was launched from Point Mugu Naval Air Station and soon went out of control. Interceptor aircraft took off from Oxnard Air Force Base and caught up with the drone, but were ultimately unable to bring it down, despite using all of their rockets. After it ran out of fuel, the unmanned aircraft crashed in a sparsely populated tract of desert.
During the incident over 1000 acres were scorched and a substantial amount of property was damaged or destroyed.
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Post War Test F6F-5K Hellcats.
Alley Cat 1:48
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Battle of Palmdale - WIP
1:48
Adding a bit of wear to the anti-glare panel.
Project: The Battle of Palmdale
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Comments
7 22 November 2020, 04:08
Hanno KleineckeCame across that story during my research concerning my own F6F drone project (Grumman F6F - 3K/5K Drone Groupbuild | Album by Aquilifer (1:48) ) too and could hardly believe what I read ! Checkin' in
22 November 2020, 15:24
Nathan DempseyThanks for your interest mates 🙂 Hopefully I'll get to this one at the first of the new year. Until then go over and enjoy Clifford's build: F-89D/J Scorpion. | Album by stormrider509 (1:48)
23 November 2020, 02:23