XC-142A VTOL TRANSPORT PROGRAM

Abstract

A total of 141 flights and 20.5 flight hours were achieved. These flights included taxi runs and STOL operations with water on the runway, the first verticircuit at night, STOL passes and hover over water, off-runway tests vertical landings on a rubberized membrane and STOL and hover work over forward area landing mats. The Category 1 flight total remained at 191 flights and 136 hours and 25 minutes of flight time while the Category 2 flights numbered 46 for 54 hours and 24 minutes of flight time. Total time on the four aircraft amounted to 237 flights for 190 hours and 49 minutes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0486371

Entities

Organizations

  • Vought

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Engineering
  • Engines
  • Fatigue Tests (Mechanics)
  • Forward Areas
  • Fuel Systems
  • Instrumentation
  • Propeller Blades
  • Propellers
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Spare Parts
  • Static Tests
  • Test And Evaluation

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  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Pavement Materials Engineering.