XV-6A Kestrel walk around – Christopher M. Reed.NET

A gray XV‑6A Kestrel V/STOL test aircraft displayed indoors at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, shown from a front‑left angle. The large circular intake, “DANGER INTAKE” warning, and the number “2” on the nose are clearly visible. The aircraft is surrounded by stanchions inside a hangar‑style gallery.

Forward three-quarter view of the Hawker Siddeley XV-6A Kestrel (s/n 64-18263 / XS688, marked “2”) on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF). The image highlights the nose reaction control system (RCS) jet nozzle, forward canopy, nose gear strut, large engine intake, and visible fan blades of the Bristol Siddeley Pegasus engine in museum gallery lighting.

Close‑up view of the XV‑6A aircraft at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, showing the cockpit area, forward fuselage, front landing gear, and the prominent intake on the left side.

Starboard forward view of the Hawker Siddeley XV-6A Kestrel (s/n 64-18263 / XS688) on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF). The image detail highlights the starboard engine intake lip, Bristol Siddeley Pegasus fan blades, swiveling front cold-air vectoring nozzle with warning stencils, cockpit canopy frame, nose landing gear leg, and “U.S. AIR FORCE” fuselage marking.

Close‑up left‑side view of an XV‑6A aircraft on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, showing the rear main landing gear with a wheel chock, the U.S. Air Force roundel, intake and exhaust ports, and detailed panel lines on the metallic fuselage.

Starboard mid-fuselage profile view of the Hawker Siddeley XV-6A Kestrel (s/n 64-18263 / XS688) on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF). The image highlights both the forward cold-air and rear hot-air vectoring exhaust nozzles with internal guide vanes, the red turbine plane warning stripe, wing leading-edge root, main landing gear wheel, and USAF national insignia.

A light‑colored XV‑6A aircraft displayed indoors at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, shown from a left‑side angle with the landing gear, wheel chocks, and tail number “418262” visible. The aircraft sits on a concrete floor inside a dark‑walled hangar gallery.

Descriptive / Archival Starboard rear view of the Hawker Siddeley XV-6A Kestrel (s/n 64-18262 / XS687) on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF). The image highlights the starboard wingtip outrigger gear strut, upper wing skin, rear hot-air vectoring nozzle, main gear, vertical stabilizer displaying USAF tail number 418262, and anhedral horizontal tailplane.