F-5 SN59-4987 Prototype
This is Tim Conrad’s F-5 modified For Flight Simulator X . The F-5 started life as a privately-funded light fighter program by Northrop in the 1950s. The first generation F-5A Freedom Fighter entered service in the 1960s. Over 800 were produced through 1972 for U.S. allies during the Cold War. The USAF had no need for a light fighter, but it did need a trainer and procured about 1,200 of a derivative airframe for this purpose, the T-38 Talon . This aircraft is the first prototype SN.# 59-4987, this privately-funded N-156F prototype made its first flight on 30 July 1959, reaching supersonic speeds. updates , effects and new textures by Mark Rooks of RSDG Aircraft. Package includes pictures and history of the actual aircraft ..
