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- GD 212 ERA-3B
- 144841
- (with the nose section of 144840 spliced on to repair nose damage done during a take-off
at NAS Point Mugu)
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![144841_n572ha_vaq-34_era-3b.jpg (106695 bytes)](144841_n572ha_vaq-34_era-3b_small.jpg)
- Photo by Mark Swisher
- 144841 N572HA sitting out
- at the Mojave Airport in SoCal circa 2000.
- It last flew in Nov 1998.
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![verngd212tovaq33.JPG (24355 bytes)](verngd212tovaq33_small.jpg)
- photo from the collection of Vern Valdez
- GD 212 on it's way to VAQ-33 after being rebuilt by NADEP Alameda
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![reneegd212.jpg (37014 bytes)](reneegd212_small.jpg)
- Photo by René Francillon
- GD 212 on the ramp at NAWS Point Mugu
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![gowingd212bottom.jpg (24861 bytes)](gowingd212bottom_small.jpg)
- Photo by Dave Gowin
- The bottom of GD 212
- From Joe Acerni
- Antennas: (fwd to aft) C/D , G/H , ?/? , OE-320
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![GOWIN4.jpg (64347 bytes)](gowin4_small.jpg)
- Photo by Dave Gowin
- GD 212 ready for cockpit/nose section removal at NADEP Alameda. Check out the
nose section of 144840 sitting on the deck waiting for installation.
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![dave2_small.jpg (3741 bytes)](dave2_small.jpg)
- Photo by Dave Gowin
- GD 212 at NADEP Alameda waiting for the removal and replacement of the nose
section
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![gowingd212nosegone.jpg (146763 bytes)](gowingd212nosegone_small.jpg)
- Photo by Dave Gowin
- GD 212 is noseless
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![dave7tif_small.jpg (3259 bytes)](dave7tif_small.jpg)
- Photo by Dave Gowin
- GD 212 with the cockpit/nose section removed and the cockpit/nose section of
144840 being ready for placement.
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![gowingd212newnose.jpg (108687 bytes)](gowingd212newnose_small.jpg)
- Photo by Dave Gowin
- Nose section from 144840 is being fitted to the
- fuslage of GD 212
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![gowingd212oldnose.jpg (110763 bytes)](gowingd212oldnose_small.jpg)
- Photo by Dave Gowin
- The old damaged nose section of GD 212
- waiting for the recycle bin
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![gowingd212gutsdamage.jpg (142687 bytes)](gowingd212gutsdamage_small.jpg)
- Photo by Dave Gowin
- Inside of the removed nose section of GD 212
- Miles and miles of wires....
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![GOWIN2.jpg (58990 bytes)](gowin2_small.jpg)
- Photo by Dave Gowin
- GD 212's original cockpit/nose section after it was removed.
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![wpe36.jpg (48014 bytes)](vaqa314.jpg)
- Photo Mike Robertson
- ERA-3B GD 212 over Alaska
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![swappa34.jpg (24871 bytes)](vaqswappa34small.jpg)
- ERA-3B 144841 GD 212
- Waiting out at Mojave, Ca.
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![vaqa&s871208bl.jpg (84752 bytes)](vaqas871208bl_small.jpg)
- Photo by Brian Lockett
- http://www.air-and-space.com
- GD 212 has the ball.
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![DAVE3tif.jpg (28801 bytes)](dave3tif_small.jpg)
- Photo by Dave Gowin
- GD 212 as it was sitting out in the boneyard at Davis-Monthan 1982
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![kirtA3_212.jpg (36198 bytes)](kirtA3_212_small.jpg)
- Photo from Kirk Litzinger
- GD 212 returning to the VAQ-34 DET spaces at NAS Mirimar, Ca. 1983
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![vaqjoe212b.jpg (46045 bytes)](vaqjoe212b_small.jpg)
- Photo by Joe Hawkins
- Even the A-3's had hanger queens.
- Actually GD 212 and GD 202 were stuck in the
- hanger after the strut incident on GD 211
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![vaqjoe212a.jpg (42122 bytes)](vaqjoe212a_small.jpg)
- Photo by Joe Hawkins
- Even the A-3's had hanger queens.
- Actually GD 212 and GD 202 were stuck in the
- hanger after the strut incident on GD 211
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![ERA-3B #12 VAQ-34 1989 Mark Swisher.jpg (23016 bytes)](vaqswishersmall.jpg)
- Photo by Mark Swisher
- ERA-3B GD 212 on the VAQ-34
- wash rack after a wash job.
- With Mark is Ed Vladish (Ziggy), an A-3 Crewman
- with almost 6,000 hours in the Whale.
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![144841.jpg (53219 bytes)](vaq144841_small.jpg)
- ERA-3B GD212, NAF El Centro, Ca. March 17 1990
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![vaqsteve212.jpg (52045 bytes)](vaqsteve212_small.jpg)
- Photo from the collection of Steve Inclan
- GD 212 rolling in on target...
- (notice the lack of wing pylons, RATS, A/B antennas, chaff tail cover and the
lower canoe?)
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