Boeing 757-200 Catfish The F-22 Testbed Aircraft

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfyFd76EOUuVXIvQcnjj2bpmFh_2zJ5-7BTdsYkiBAMQUR_AlGxk27IP5JAR-uSmqxGr7OLLC-Kr1iV5-u_SB5N4bSLSLUsg9WemIaw1MvfRAlu-FrD02ESGv2ndNRyxcklEY0wwxR8amV/s1600/boeing_757-200_catfish_flight_mission.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Boeing 757-200 Catfish The F-22 Testbed" border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfyFd76EOUuVXIvQcnjj2bpmFh_2zJ5-7BTdsYkiBAMQUR_AlGxk27IP5JAR-uSmqxGr7OLLC-Kr1iV5-u_SB5N4bSLSLUsg9WemIaw1MvfRAlu-FrD02ESGv2ndNRyxcklEY0wwxR8amV/s640/boeing_757-200_catfish_flight_mission.jpg" title="" width="640" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Boeing 757-200 Catfish The F-22 Testbed Aircraft</h2><div style="text-align: left;">Probably one of the most unique aircraft-shaped ever built, the Boeing 757-200 Catfish. This aircraft is specially built for <a href="http://www.avionale.com/2015/05/f-22-raptor-turning-on-runway-at-langley-afb-4061.html/" target="_blank">F-22 Raptor</a> testbed aircraft which means some of aircraft sections actually F-22's parts so the engineers able to observe its certain sections behavior. This photo taken by Brian Lockett at Nellis Air Force Base in Southern Nevada.</div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This picture shown weird nose because its nose belong to <a href="http://www.avionale.com/2013/03/f22-raptor-of-lockheed-martin-smokey.html/" target="_blank">F-22 Raptor</a> and on the top of the cockpit installed sensor wing which generated F-22 electronic warfare (EW) as well as communication, navigation and identification sensors (CNI). Apparently, this aircraft also has identical <a href="http://www.avionale.com/2015/03/cockpit-interior-layout-of-f-22-raptor-aircraft-wallpaper-3980.html/" target="_blank">F-22 Raptor cockpit layout</a> inside.</div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.avionale.com/2013/01/boeing-757-200-of-us-airways-aircraft.html/" target="_blank">Boeing 757-200</a> series is a mid-size narrow-body commercial aircraft. The certain aircraft configuration makes aircraft able to carry between 186 up to 280 passengers. The original Boeing 757-200 series flew in 1983 later on the stretched variant, <a href="http://www.avionale.com/2013/08/delta-airlines-boeing-757-300-approachi.html/" target="_blank">Boeing 757-300</a> introduced in 1999. There are about 1050 aircraft built until end of production in 2005, delivered to Shanghai Airlines. Boeing stopped its production but still provide support for 757 Series.</div>

Boeing 757-200 Catfish The F-22 Testbed Aircraft Probably one of the most unique aircraft-shaped ever built, the Boeing 757-200 Catfish. Thi...

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