Douglas NRA-3B Skywarrior, N256HA / 11582, Traco Flight Systems Inc.
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Registration: N256HA
Construction Number: 11582
Code Number: 142256
Model Douglas NRA-3B Skywarrior
Operator: Traco Flight Systems Inc.
Airport: Mojave (MHV / KMHV), USA - California
Photographer: Martin Laycock
Date Taken: 07/05/1993
Date Submitted: 08/01/2009
Photographed while stored at Mojave this aircraft was built in 1958 as a YA3D-2P and was the prototype reconnaissance Skywarrier. She was later redesignated A3D-2P then RA-3B. She saw service with the Pacific Missile Test Center at NAS Point Mugu, California as a NRA-3B and was modified for the observation of Soviet ICBM tests (Project PRESS). Later it was instrumental in S-3 Viking sonobuoy development. After Navy service she was used by Raytheon Flight Systems as N256HA for test purposes. Sadly she was scrapped in 2002.
Picture ID:1151756