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NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center (NASA-DFRC)Dryden/Edwards 1994 Thrust-Vectoring Aircraft Fleet - F-18 HARV, X-31, F-16 MATV (1/2/1998)

The three thrust-vectoring aircraft at Edwards, California, each capable of flying at extreme angles of attack, cruise over the California desert in formation during flight in March 1994. They are, from left, NASA's F-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV), flown by the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center; the X-31, flown by the X-31 International Test Organization (ITO) at Dryden; and the Air Force F-16 Multi-Axis Thrust Vectoring (MATV) aircraft. All three aircraft were flown in different programs and were developed independently. The NASA F-18 HARV was a testbed to produce aerodynamic data at high angles of attack to validate computer codes and wind tunnel research. The X-31 was used to study thrust vectoring to enhance close-in air combat maneuvering, while the F-16 MATV was a demonstration of how thrust vectoring could be applied to operational aircraft.


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Creator: NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center (NASA-DFRC)
Date: 1/2/1998
Year: 1998
Insightuid: nasaNAS~2~2~1636~103049
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EC94-42513-3&orgid=7
Where: California
Where: Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
Identifier: NIX-EC94-42513-3
Addeddate: 2009-09-23 18:16:49
Publicdate: 2009-09-23 18:54:24
Keywords: Where -- California; Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)

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