Mystery Picture

    This is a feature to challenge our memory and investigative nature. A mystery picture will be placed at this link as frequently as good subjects are available. The identity of the picture and any people will be buried somewhere on the pages of this site as a link ("Mystery Answer"). You have to find the link if you want the answer. -- Or email your webmaster with your guess and he will respond with the correct answer.

The cropping of the tail is a hint as to what this is. Go to bottom for more hints.

First tested in 1955, the Air Force ordered 155 of these in 1955 and eventually 1,585 total were built by all countries. But only 3 were built like the one pictured. So what is different about this particular model? The answer and a lot more are on the Answer page. The link to the answer page is on one of the pages on this site -- a clue is that the page is related to the picture.