COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Image eXchange Collection
Record
Title:
F-111 TACT in flight
Description:
This photograph shows a modified General Dynamics TACT/F-111A Aardvaark with supercritical wings installed. The aircraft, with flaps and landing gear down, is in a decending turn over Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base. Starting in 1971 the NASA Flight Research Center and the Air Force undertook a major research and flight testing program, using F-111A (#63-9778), which would span almost 20 years before completion. Intense interest over the results coming from the NASA F-8 supercritical wing program spurred NASA and the Air Force to modify the General Dynamics-Convair F-111A to explore the application of supercritical wing technology to maneuverable military aircraft. This flight program was called Transonic Aircraft Technology (TACT).
Date:
01.01.1974
facet_where:
Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
facet_when:
01-01-1974
facet_when_year:
1971
Media:
IMAGE
UID:
SPD-NIX-ECN-3931
