P-61 Black Widow with missile

[pampa14]

I share with you some pictures showing a P-61 flying with a missile under the fuselage. Does anyone know what kind of missile is this and was used operationally? The link also contains photographs of the plane now testing some kind of jet engine. Photos can be viewed by visiting the link below:


aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/02/p-61-black-widow-em-testes-especiais.html



Best Regards.

[raymond]

Jul 13, 2015 2:23:56 GMT 12 pampa14 said:

I share with you some pictures showing a P-61 flying with a missile under the fuselage. Does anyone know what kind of missile is this and was used operationally? The link also contains photographs of the plane now testing some kind of jet engine. Photos can be viewed by visiting the link below:


aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/02/p-61-black-widow-em-testes-especiais.html



Best Regards.

First photo is testing a ramjet engine

and missile was also a ramjet unit
books.google.co.nz/books?id=rqhnBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq=p61+test+flights+missile&source=bl&ots=AJluij4dyo&sig=8XtyJ6nL_1JwPG-k3tqKeJanugs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Z1ejVQ_Cp9AE5Kiz8Ak&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=p61%20test%20flights%20missile&f=false

also from Wiki en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow

In 1948, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) obtained an P-61C from Air Research and Development Command for a series of drop tests of swept-wing aerodynamic drones at Moffett Field, California. Much engineering data was obtained from these tests. An RP-61C, AF Ser. No. 45-59300, thus became the last operational USAF P-61 to be retired at the end of the NACA testing in 1953. A second P-61C (AF Ser. No. 43-8330) which was still flyable was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution by NACA in October 1950 for these tests, and remained in use by NACA until 9 August 1954, being the last P-61 in government use. This aircraft is now on public display at the NASM's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.[21] P-61B-15NO, AF Ser. No. 42-39754, was used by NACA's Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory in Cleveland, Ohio for tests of airfoil-type ramjets. P-61C-1NO, AF Ser. No. 43-8357, was used at Ames as a source for spare parts for other P-61 and RP-61 aircraft.