> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 7:23 PM > Subject: XP-56 Walkaround > > > Hi Steve > > > > I have what I believe to be excellent detail shots of the Northrop > > XP-56 Black Bullet. They are on > > Kodachrome Slide Film. I took the photos in 1989 while a volunteer = at > > the Western Museum of > > Flight. The bird was never assembled while at the museum and the > > restoration was beyond the capabilities > > of the museum. It went back to NASM that year. I have them scanned = at > > 240 DPI, but I am not sure of the size. > > If you can use them, I can re-scan them. They are now "saved" in > > Photoshop and JPEG formats. The cockpit shots are > > outstanding in my opinion. Let me know what you think. > > > > Phil Juvet Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com ------=_NextPart_000_00E1_01BFE2F7.0CEE3340 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Photo #1Overall view showing the = fuselage resting=20 on jacks with the
left (port) wing visible in the upper left of the=20 photo.

Photo #2 shows the left rear fuselage. = The=20 P&W R-2800 engine can be
seen and the two counter rotating=20 props

Photo #3 is another left side view = showing the=20 forward half
of the fuselage.

Photo #4 is a close up of the two props = at the rear=20 of the fuselage.

Photo #5 is a view of the engine and shows how = the=20 exhaust pipes
were routed to the outside of the = fuselage.

Photo =20 #6 shows the shape of the prop blades and the short vertical fin.
An = aluminum=20 extension was added to the fin during flight tests.

Photo #8 shows the cockpit floor and = right=20 side.

Photo #9 shows further aft of the right side of the=20 cockpit.

Photo #10 shows the left side of the = cockpit and=20 part of the main
instrument panel.

Photo #11 is a lower view = of the=20 left side of the cockpit.

Photo #12 shows the left = wing and=20 landing gear.

Photo #13 shows the two outer wing panels = with the=20 air ducts on the
tips.

Photo #14 Right wing and landing=20 gear.

Photo #15 Engine and exhaust = close=20 up.

Steve

Here is one of the cockpit = shots at=20 240 dpi in JPEG. If need be, I will re-scan
them.

Phil=20 Juvet

Steve Bamford wrote:

> We're interested and we'd = love to=20 have them on our site. Send me one scan
> at 240 in = JPEG....I think=20 I can use them at this level of resolution without
> you having to = rescan=20 them, but I want to make sure before I get you to send
> me the = whole=20 works.
>
> Thanks for helping add to the = site.
>
> Steve=20 Bamford
> Aircraft Resource Center
> http://www.aircraftresourc= ecenter.com
>
>=20 ----- Original Message -----
> From: Phillip Juvet <pjuvet@foothill.net>
> = To: <sheb@sprint.ca>
> Sent: = Tuesday, June=20 20, 2000 7:23 PM
> Subject: XP-56 Walkaround
>
> > = Hi=20 Steve
> >
> > I have what I believe to be excellent = detail=20 shots of the Northrop
> > XP-56 Black Bullet. They are = on
> >=20 Kodachrome Slide Film. I took the photos in 1989 while a volunteer = at
>=20 > the Western Museum of
> > Flight. The bird was never = assembled=20 while at the museum and the
> > restoration was beyond the=20 capabilities
> > of the museum. It went back to NASM that year. = I have=20 them scanned at
> > 240 DPI, but I am not sure of the=20 size.
> > If you can use them, I can re-scan them. They are now = "saved"=20 in
> > Photoshop and JPEG formats. The cockpit shots = are
> >=20 outstanding in my opinion. Let me know what you think.
> = >
> >=20 Phil Juvet

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource = Center
http://www.aircraftresourc= ecenter.com

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