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March 1958 |
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Constructed as a YB-58A-CF by Consolidated at Fort Worth, TX, USA. |
20 March 1958 |
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First flight. |
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Used as the GE J79-GE-5 engine test aircraft using a special centerline pod. |
8 November 1958 |
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Flew 32 minutes at sustained Mach2 with the YJ79-GE-5s. |
29 April 1959 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 55-0666. |
1 May 1959 |
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Converted to a YRB-58A.
Retained by Convair for use as a test and evaluation aircraft. |
16 August 1962 |
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Made longest B-58 early test program flight of 11 hours 15 minutes. |
November 1962 |
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Transferred to 6510th Operational Maintenance Squadron (Air Force Systems Command), Edwards AFB, CA. |
May 1964 |
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Transferred to 3345th Maintenance and Support Group (Air Training Command), Chanute AFB, IL. |
May 1965 |
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Redesignated as GRB-58A. |
1967 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.
Transferred to museum status. |
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To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
 View the Location Dossier |
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Loaned to Chanute Air Museum, Rantoul, IL. |
1993 |
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Placed on display with Chanute Air Museum, Chanute AFB (formerly), Rantoul, IL.
View the Location Dossier |
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Markings Applied: Greased Lightning, 61-2059
Marked as B-58A 61-2059, which flew non-stop, air refueled, from Tokyo to London in 8 hrs 35 min. |
3 August 2005 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
20 April 2013 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
20 April 2013 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
20 April 2013 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
31 October 2015 |
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Chanute Museum closed. |
From Unknown to 18 August 2017 |
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Transported by ground. Delivered to Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, CA.
Arrived Castle Air Museum. |
8 August 2017 |
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Placed on display with Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, CA.
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14 April 2018 |
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Photographer: Roy Simmons
Notes: she being put toghter |
28 September 2019 |
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Photographer: John Bennett
Notes: Taken at Castle Air Museum, CA, U.S.A. |
16 September 2024 |
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Photographer: Norman Hunger
Notes: The aircraft is outside and cannot be worked on in the summer while the aluminum is too hot. The team assembling this aircraft has changed in the last years and progress has been slow. Still to do are two engine pods, the center line pod, and the flight control surfaces. The center pod is elsewhere on the property. |
28 February 2025 |
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Photographer: Norman Hunger
Notes: Re-assembly almost complete. The safety fence is down. The nose gear was bent in Chanute when the airplane was being moved to Castle. The set on 55-0665 Snoopy was recovered and put on this Hustler. |
