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Description
| Manufacturer: | Northrop | |
| Base model: | F-89 | |
| Designation: | F-89 | |
| Version: | C | |
| Nickname: | Scorpion | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1948-Present | |
| Basic role: | Fighter | |
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| stewart andersen london, PA | My father was an RAF pilot who had been seconded to the USAF in 1950. On December 9 1951 he was flying a Northrop F89C Scorpion en route, I believe to his base at Pensacola. He took off, I understand, from San Angelo AFB and the plane then crashed. If anyone has any further information about this, I would be grateful for an e mail, as I have never had any real information about the crash. 02/10/2007 @ 03:10 [ref: 15473] |
| stewart andersen london, PA | My father was an RAF pilot who had been seconded to the USAF in 1950. On December 9 1951 he was flying a Northrop F89C Scorpion en route, I believe to his base at Pensacola. He took off, I understand, from San Angelo AFB and the plane then crashed. If anyone has any further information about this, I would be grateful for an e mail, as I have never had any real information about the crash. 02/10/2007 @ 03:10 [ref: 15472] |
| H. Oechsel putnam, IL | I flew the F-89C while in the 61st FIS prior to transitioning to the "D" model at EHAFB in Newfoundland, Canada. This was 1953-1954. Never had problems with the a/c. The "D" was a better machine yet and the "J" even better. 09/10/2006 @ 15:29 [ref: 14136] |
| George Filer , NJ | Port Huron – Divers from the Great Lakes Dive Company claim to have located a US Air Force F-89 Scorpion jet fighter that disappeared in 1953, over Lake Superior. The F-89 with tail number 51-5853A was piloted by 1st Lt. Felix Moncla, Jr, with Second Lt. Robert L. Wilson as the Radar Intercept Officer. The divers using sophisticated side scan sonar have located two possible aircraft and a third unidentified object in deep water. The wreckage of the plane and object that the F-89 collided with it until now have never been found.
I spoke with a radar operator who worked in the Air Defense Command radar site on November 23, 1953. During the evening radar picked up an unidentified target over Lake Superior. Kinross Air Force Base nearby alerted the 433rd Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Truax Field, in Madison, Wisconsin, and an F-89 C all-weather interceptor was scrambled. U.S. Air Force accident report records indicate that the F-89 was vectored WNW, then W, climbing to 30,000 feet. While on a westerly course, the F-89 was cleared to descend to 7,000 feet, turning ENE and coming steeply down to the unknown target from above. The last radar contact placed the interceptor at 8,000 feet, 70 miles off Keeweenaw Point. The F-89 was trying to intercept and investigate an unusual radar blip when it crashed. Radar operators watched as the "blips" of the UFO and the F-89 merged on their scopes, in an apparent collision, and disappeared. No trace of the plane was ever found. The U.S. Air Force claimed the F-89 was launched to intercept a Royal Canadian Air Force C-47, later the fighter jet had collided with the Canadian transport plane, but the RCAF then, and the CAF today deny any of their planes was over the lake on that date. The same day an F-89 from the same squadron crashed and also had some kind of catastrophe that didn't give the crew time to eject. Despite repeated engine changes, problems persisted, compounded by the discovery of structural problems with the wings that forced a refit of 194 -A, -B, and -C models. When I chased a UFO we flew faster then the red lined speed limit of our aircraft during the thrill of the chase. The underwater F-89 is missing a wing. Great Lakes Dive Company representative Jimenez claims that the plane is mostly intact and lying upright in deep water and in searching the general vicinity of the wreck, we found an unidentified object that apparently hit the F-89. One wing of the aircraft is missing and is likely the point of contact. Jimenez declined to identify the other object. A documentary on the history, search and discovery of the F-89 and the mystery object is being filmed. (www.greatlakesdive.com More data at www.nationalufocenter.com 09/07/2006 @ 19:46 [ref: 14094] |
| Donna Akers Dallas, TX | My father was a pilot of the F-89C Scorpion. In 1959 his plane crashed (along with 3 others)in Great Falls, Montana. I am looking for anyone who may have know James Copher, Lt. USAF, at that time and could give me any insight as to the cause of the crash. 05/18/2001 @ 16:12 [ref: 2305] |
| stewart andersen London,, PE | My father was an RAF pilot who had been seconded to the USAF in 1950. On December 9 1951 he was flying a Northrop F89C Scorpion en route, I believe to his base at Pensacola. He took off, I understand, from San Angelo AFB and the plane then crashed. If anyone has any further information about this, I would be grateful for an e mail, as I have never had any real information about the crash. 10/11/2000 @ 04:54 [ref: 873] |
| kevin bourgeois port au port east, NF | i would like to a full size f89 scorpion,but all i have is pictures.i am also trying to find out about an f89 that crashed behind my home back in the late 1950s,from what i gather it was from the 61st fighter squadron out of harmon airforce base nfld.i have the insignia from the aircraft,any help or leads would be great. 08/29/2000 @ 12:54 [ref: 678] |
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