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Boeing Yc-14: US Air Force Experimental Stol Aircraft

Boeing Yc-14: US Air Force Experimental Stol Aircraft

Wimpress, John K.

Hardcover

Series: Legends of Warfare: Aviation, Book 60

Air CombatGeneral Military History

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ISBN10: 076436653X
ISBN13: 9780764366536
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Ltd
Published: Aug 28 2023
Pages: 128
Weight: 1.90
Height: 1.10 Width: 9.50 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
The Boeing YC-14, being first flown in 1976, was an impressive aeronautical achievement. This aircraft signaled many firsts in aircraft design, the most prominent being the use of upper-surface blowing (which turned the jet engine flow downward), combined with boundary-layer control, to allow flight at amazingly low airspeeds. The YC-14 program management consistently embraced new technologies, such as the use of fly-by-light flight controls and use of digital airframe design--technologies that would later become mainstream for Boeing. Although this book is about a specific airplane type, it is just as much about the YC-14 design team that created a multiorganizational culture, unafraid to draw outside the lines, to create a dramatically capable airplane. To place the reader in the pilot's seat, Boeing and Air Force test pilots provide their reflections of the handling and performance of the YC-14. Equally intriguing, the challenges of designing a new airplane from start to finish are explored in detail.

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