Detail View: NASA Image eXchange Collection: F-111 TACT in flight
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Title:
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F-111 TACT in flight
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Description:
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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).
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Date:
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01.01.1974
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Credit:
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NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (NASA-DFRC) [ http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/gallery/ ]
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Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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facet_when:
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01-01-1974
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facet_when_year:
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1971
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Media:
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IMAGE
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UID:
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SPD-NIX-ECN-3931
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original url:
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http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=ECN-3931&orgid=7
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