Featuring the F-8, F-14, F-15, F-16, F-18, F-104
and F-111 Aircraft
This 26 minute - mostly silent - DVD explores a variety of flight
experiments conducted at Dryden on the various F series planes that
have been developed over the past several decades. This dvd contains
fascinating flight and experiment footage of the following aircraft:
- F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire (DFBW) - Shots of pilot induced oscillation;
- F-8 Supercritical Wing (SCW) in flight;
- F-14 Tomcat - Wing research and wind pivoting in flight;
- F-15A - Takeoff, flight tests, remotely piloted flight and landing,
flat spin test and more;
- F-15B - Transonic flight testing;
- F-15 IFCS - Test maneuvers and flights over Edwards AFB;
- F-16 AFTI - flight checks and flight examples;
- F-16XL - Supersonic Laminar Flow Test flight;
- F-18 Active Areoelastic Wing (AAW) - Takeoff, high speed rolls,
loads tests conducted at Edwards Air Force Base;
- F-18 Autonomous Formation Flight (AFF) - Two F-18s in autonomous
flight tests over the Mojave Desert;
- F-18 High ALpha Research Vehicle (HARV) - High-alpha flight
with smoke generator and others;
- F-18 Formation Flight and Aerial Refueling with a KC-10 Tanker;
- F-104 Starfighter simulating an HL-10 powered landing;
- F-111 Transonic Aircraft Technology (TACT) - Takeoff and landing
at Edwards and other shots
Here are some sample clips from the DVD
 
 
 
 
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