P-61 Black Widow with missile

[pampa14]

I share with you some pictures showing a flying P-61 with a missile under the fuselage. Does anyone know what kind of missile is this and was used operationally? The link also contains photographs of the plane now testing some kind of jet engine. Photos can be viewed by visiting the link below:

 

 

http://aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/02/p-61-black-widow-em-testes-especiais.html

 

 

Best Regards.

[RAZBAM_ELMO]

Basically it was a stable flight platform that could handle the stress of jet propulsion engine for test purposes. While the airforce had jets at that point, they did not have anything capable of carrying that equipment to do actually in flight testing. So it was basically a donkey in the sense that it carried those propulsion systems for actual "in-flight" testing purposes. Same way that the B-29 was used to carry larger manned vehicles under the belly being tested like the X-1.

[OutOnTheOP]

The last one, under the wing, appears to be an early version of the AGM-28 Hound Dog (?).... fins removed for clearance, I would assume. Slight differences in the engine mount, though.

Edited July 12, 2015 by OutOnTheOP

[-Rudel-]

Wiki says: A P-61C with a PTV-N-2U Gorgon IV missile

 

 

 

This one is used for drop test techniques

http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4302/ch2.3.htm

 

 

 

NACA tests with a ramjet

http://preservation.myfloridahistory.org/florida-pecky-cyprus-and-the-bartlett-boathouse/

 

Edited July 12, 2015 by -Rudel-