yc14_01.jpg

That YC-15 isn't there anymore. Boeing took it for research on a tailless
vertical takeoff transport. I think it was supposed to be a tilt wing. They
must have wanted the bigger wing, because the other YC-15 is still at D.M..
How far Boeing got, I don't know, but, the contract money was taken away.
This is the other YC-15, with the picture taken through a buss window, in
2004. And, the YC-14, also at D.M.

"Andrew-S" I-Still-Hate-Spammers@Sorry-I had-to-leave-for-bit.com wrote in
message ...
The embarrassing thing for me is that I saw both of these aircraft as
couple
of years ago at the Davis Monthan AFB Bone Yards and at the nearby Pima
Air
and Space Museum. I say embarrassing because I thought it would be
interesting for people to see them as they are today. Unfortunately
either
I didn't take any shots of them or I misplaced the files.


DAMN IT!!!


Andrew


"Troy24" wrote in message
...

DAN wrote:

David Powell wrote:

it was called the "coda" effect high lift and take off at 100 feet...

You mean CoANda effect, after Henri Coanda.

And actually, for this particular plane, boeing called it "USB".
Upper Surface Blowing.

any port in a storm, when it comes to aircraft design, eh?

redc1c4,
(sorry, i couldn't resist. %-)
--
"Enlisted men are stupid, but extremely cunning and sly, and bear
considerable watching."

Army Officer's Guide