YF-23 being moved for wash by volunteers in Torrance Airport

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Жыл бұрын

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@DrsharpRothstein Жыл бұрын

I would volunteer for that job.

@Jude107c Жыл бұрын

Count me in on that too! I wish the Navy took this plane! There’s only so much the F-35 can do!

@CaptKak1954 Жыл бұрын

Who tf wouldnt lol

@chris-vn6sw Жыл бұрын

Me too ! 🤔🤣

@Soultaker7 11 ай бұрын

This is actually the YF-23A PAV-2 "Ghost" prototype (reg.# N232YF), one of two tested during the ATF contest. Dead giveaways are the light gray paint job and the serial number 87-801. YF-23A PAV-1 "Spider" (N231YF) had the S/N 87-800, a dark blue paintjob and is currently on display at the USAF museum in Dayton, OH. And, yes, I know the V-tail on the PAV-2 says "YF-23", but the prototypes are officially type-classified as "YF-23A".

@JoeOvercoat 9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@nicholastrawinski 6 ай бұрын

Why does the internet seam to think this is Spider (#801) and the dark grey one at Wright Patterson is Grey Ghost (#800)

@MultiMojo 9 ай бұрын

The design was decades ahead of its time, hats off to the engineers who built it. Fortunately, it looks like 6th gen aircraft might borrow heavily from this design, so we might get to see something similar fly again.

@EmillioMelendez 4 ай бұрын

@@WanderAbroadwhat if it turns out we secretly built these and was operating them undercover ? That would cool and plausible

@harrymattah418 Жыл бұрын

What do you do for a living? I'm moving YF-23s for wash. What about you?

@amedefeu009 Жыл бұрын

I also volunteer at this museum, its nice to finally see it being moved.

@CYON4D 7 ай бұрын

Seeing the legendary YF-23 being casually towed away in an urban setting feels so weird :) What a beautiful plane.

@ppvk2610 6 ай бұрын

What a sad faith for such a superb plane

@CaptainRon1913 6 ай бұрын

@@ppvk2610 How do you know is was "superb" ? I worked at Northrop at the time. It was a prototype, not close to superb, but never had the chance to be developed because of politics. Do I think it could have been developed on time and on budget? Probably not, but certainly had the potential to develop much quicker than Lockhead's ATF at the time. We'll never know, and all we can do is speculate.

@ppvk2610 6 ай бұрын

@CaptainRon1913 well.... how would one know the F-15 is still unbeatable in combat? How would one know the SR-71 holds many records in speed, in altitude? If it interests you you could know it, yet how would anyone know this first hand?

@ppvk2610 6 ай бұрын

@CaptainRon1913 thanks for the inside information. If your that close to the fire I'd have to take your word on it

@FreshlySnipes Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful plane. Sad they picked only one

@CaptainRon1913 6 ай бұрын

No it isn't "sad".. Jesus H, we are 34 trillion in debt, and this helped contribute to that. What is "Sad" is, having one massive over budget ATF. Can you imagine having two massively over budget programs?

@Cyco-Dude 2 ай бұрын

We have one here at the Dayton AF museum; such a cool jet. It looks ugly at some angles, and thoroughly badass in others. I wish we had this instead of the F-22.

@ANony-pi5en Жыл бұрын

Sweet! I'm going to go drive over to see it sometime this week.

@ch3ckmatepg3d87 Жыл бұрын

It’s tails are massive. Also I’ve touched it before haha

@amedefeu009 Жыл бұрын

tail fins (ruddervator) are as big as the wings of an F-5

@ComfortsSpecter 6 ай бұрын

So Adorable Fly High Little Guy In Virtual Skies

@DeLaCruzer11 Жыл бұрын

It looks like a giant model plane made of balsa wood.

@SynthRockViking 6 ай бұрын

I volunteer for being in the cockpit, making sure things are ok in there ☝

@nightmareevan0 9 ай бұрын

When does it usually get towed? I live near and i want to see it moving so bad

@PawsomePranksParade 7 ай бұрын

where do you sign up, i'll fly from canada to volunteer for that!!

@enessanadine1 Ай бұрын

what a great shape for a fighter

@merdith6 9 ай бұрын

I think they should start making it again with updated Electronics

@Andy-rp3ee Жыл бұрын

Still reminds me of a gray Firefox…

@Animboyexe 7 ай бұрын

Looks cool

@scopedog9197 7 ай бұрын

Amazing how short it seems...wider is better...

@cvdheyden 6 ай бұрын

Fun Fact: All missions which have been carried out by the F 22 could have been carried out more effectively by this plane. It was too far ahead of its time unfortunately.

@Rezmund 7 ай бұрын

Is the right rear undercarriage wheel stuck?

@daxflame163 7 ай бұрын

It’s an outer wheel cover disc that gives the illusion the wheel is not turning.

@Rezmund 7 ай бұрын

@@daxflame163 thanks 👍 was curious as couldn't quite make out on my phone if the tyre was rotating.

@edwin3928ohd Жыл бұрын

I would love to see about 300 million spent to actually bring both prototypes back to life with new engines, avionics, stealth coatings and weapons systems, and make it as modern as possible. And make it an actual F-23 and not YF. There would only be two of them but make them operational.

@hidupdemokrasi8927 Жыл бұрын

This engin is decades advance than Chinese and Russian military technology combined.

@merdith6 9 ай бұрын

Exactly

@bamhamer Жыл бұрын

Grey ghost going for a walk

@samblood4309 3 ай бұрын

My parents gonna question why I'm going mock one over the hie way

@TimTams_64 6 ай бұрын

looks like a prototype NGAD

@user-vd3hk2ub6r 7 ай бұрын

Great

@gsw810 Жыл бұрын

ทัพอากาศไทยสนมะขอซื้อรุ่นนี้แทน

@andyhughes1776 6 ай бұрын

In general, the sleeker the jet fighter, the more likely it will win in battle. This was proven in Vietnam when the North Vietnamese flew the small and sleek MiG-21 while U.S. pilots flew the stubby F-4 Phantom. Guess how many Aces North Vietnam had compared to the U.S.? North Vietnam: 19 U.S.: 5 Fast forward to today, if the F-23 is produced, it will kick every one of our adversaries' buttock!

@stanleyrobinson9208 9 ай бұрын

I will volunteer to fly it after it’s washed 😂

@7bloo56 9 ай бұрын

i thought the gray ghost was rotting in a desert im glad too see it isnt

@gtv6chuck 9 ай бұрын

1 is in Torrance, the other is at the USAF Museum in Ohio.

@christopherkehoe3402 Жыл бұрын

is that a real plane or just a prototype?

@Shotout424 Жыл бұрын

Competition to the F22 back in the day

@katherineberger6329 Жыл бұрын

That's an actual airplane that actually flew. The plane seen here is 87-0801, a/k/a "Grey Ghost," the second YF-23 prototype. It had more mechanical problems than its stablemate (87-0800, a/k/a "Black Widow II") due to the advanced and experimental (and thus problematic) YF120 combined-cycle engines, versus Black Widow II's YF119 engines, which were essentially an uprated F100. The winning aircraft-engine combination was embodied in 87-0701, FAA registered as N22YX, the YF-22 prototype combined with the YF119 engine. So it's a real plane, just not one that was chosen for mass production.

@antonydecosta6262 2 ай бұрын

🫡 in the honor of the grey ghost!

@FBI-UIU Жыл бұрын

I would thoroughly and thoroughly clean it for free

@MorpheusPrisoner Жыл бұрын

Красивое! Почти как Су-57 ))

@nguyeninhvinhnguyen7674 9 ай бұрын

🤡🇷🇺🤡Su-57🐷

@CaptKak1954 Жыл бұрын

So much is going on in this video lol

@BolasDear 7 ай бұрын

that was demonic .

@stekin8 Жыл бұрын

It looks like very small compared to the F-22.

@Dash22212 Жыл бұрын

f22 is similar size .-.

@mohammadchavoshi5568 9 ай бұрын

realllly

@kwangilkim8036 Жыл бұрын

헐! 쟤를 왜 옮기죠? ㅎ

@g.w.7893 6 ай бұрын

The aircraft that should've won. Sigh.

@bobmarley1686 7 ай бұрын

That’s what a REAL Stealth Fighter looks like. Not the Garbage flying around today

@nitesan2814 Жыл бұрын

I would wash the hell out of it

@rubennavarro5710 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful plane. Should of been in service.

@genevieveard2246 11 ай бұрын

I really wish CONgress would understand Aviation enough to understand that putting all of your eggs in one basket (obtaining only one aircraft type) is a false economy. Look at the F-35, over budget, blew every delivery date, still has teething issues. Some aircraft you cannot see the long term issues that may end an aircraft type/model/series life prematurely. Too many limitations are ignored with "we'll figure it out later" and "ignore it, its not a problem, I say so!". Look at the late 40s thru the mid-70s, a lot of aircraft were the new hotness and then... like the F-7 Cutlass, was a danger to operate in the environment it was intended for, and some were just a danger all around like the Goblin that never finished its preliminary flight tests.

@StrikeNoir105E 7 ай бұрын

Funny thing to say here, because the YF-23 was the more plague-ridden aircraft in the ATF competition: the YF-22 won because it already had all of its affairs in order, and even that took a while to get into shape. Also, if you think the F-35 had issues, its competitor the X-32 would've been worse in terms of what they'd have needed to change just to get it operational.