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572516 NASA N816NA Team

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F-106B 57-2516, NASA N816N unpainted bare metal of the Langley Research Center and the project team members of the Vortex Flap and Inflight Visualization research project in 1986 when the program was just beginning and prior to the first flight of the research project. Approx 120 team members are here, not the entire team, which also served as a time when they would be given their red shoulder patch. [Carl 'Buzz' Hamilton collection, USAF Retired and NASA sheet metal technician during the lightning strike program]