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The Lockheed C-140 JetStar is a series of American long-range utility light transport aircraft produced from 1957 to 1980 entering service with the American military in 1961.
The JetStar II is powered by four Garrett TFE731-3 turbofans providing a top speed of 880 kmh and a range of 5132 km depending upon payload.
The JetStar II carries a flight crew of two and up to 10 passengers or 1280 kg of freight in the cabin.
The JetStar was used for research for supersonic transports, general aviation aircraft, and as a training support aircraft for the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing tests at Dryden Flight Research Center (under different names) at Edwards, CA, in 1977.
This C-140 JetStar was flown by NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, from 1964 to 1989 in a variety of projects applicable to civilian aircraft.
The JetStar was later used as a testbed to investigate acoustic characteristics of a series of subscale advanced design propellors which featured blades that curved rearward.
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C. Gordon Fullerton is a research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. His assignments include a variety of flight research and support activities piloting NASA's B-52 launch aircraft, the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), and other multi-engine and high performance aircraft.
Other projects for which he has flown in the past include the C-140 JetStar Laminar Flow Control; F-111 Mission Adaptive Wing; F-14 Variable Sweep Flow Transition; Space Shuttle drag chute and F-111 crew module parachute tests with the B-52; X-29 vortex flow control; and the F-18 Systems Research Aircraft.
He is a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots; member of Tau Beta Pi, an engineering honorary fraternity; honorary member of the National World War II Glider Pilot Association; and a Fellow of the American Astronautical Society.
After orbital flights began in 1981, Fulton continued to fly the SCA during ferry missions returning the orbiters to the Kennedy Space Center.
Born in Blakley, Ga., June 6, 1925, Fulton attended Auburn University, the University of Oklahoma, and is a graduate of Golden Gate University.
He is a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, and in 1977 received the Society's Iven C. Kincheloe Award as Test Pilot of the Year for his work on the ALT program.
The Jetstar was designed by Lockheed for the AF who wound up buying only 16 - the North American T-39 (see below) won the big orders.
The C140s were used for Navigation Aids development and testing, a few saw service as VIP transports, and 5 were assigned as VC-140s in the White House fleet, transporting Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter as well as other high ranking government officials.
The military version of the Douglas (later MacDonnell-Douglas, then Boeing) DC-9 commercial airliner, this craft was first deployed in 1968 and is still in use by the Air Force, Navy and Marines for a variety of tasks including cargo and passenger transportation, forward logistics support, and medical evacuation.
Blohm und Voss Ha 140, torpedo bomber flying-boat (prototype)
MBB Bo 105A, BSH-1, C, M, VBH, P, PAH-1
The reunifed Germany's military aircraft consists of a mix of East and West German Aircraft that remain in service along with new aircraft acquired after combining.
The C for Cargo designation for Army transport aircraft was originally introduced in May of 1924
There were two series of C-planes, one beginning in 1924 and ending in 1962, and another one beginning in 1962 and continuing to the present day.
However, Air Force transports in the C- category still in service (such as the C-141) had their designations unchanged.
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Fitz was also in a remote ground cockpit during a controlled impact demonstration to test special fuel and safety features.
For his work in the Shuttle approach and landing tests, Fulton received NASA's Exceptional Service Medal and the Society of Experimental Test Pilots' Iven C. Kincheloe Award as Test Pilot of the Year in 1977.
He was a project pilot on a specially modified C-140 Jetstar doing Laminar Flow Control Leading Edge research program using eight and ten blades propellers.
The C-20 was chosen in June 1983 as the replacement aircraft for the C-140B Jetstar, and three A models were delivered to the 89th Airlift Wing at Andrews Air Force Base MD under a cost-saving accelerated purchase plan.
The C-20A was first leased as a replacement to the C-140 Jetstar by the Air Force in 1983.
They were later purchased outright and a contract for the purchase of eight more modified Gulfstream III aircraft designated C-20B (Air Force owned), C-20C (Army owned), and C-20D (Navy owned) was enacted in 1986.
Athens Scuba Park received national media attention in the summer of 2000 when CNN filmed the sinking of a 75-foot- (23-m-) long, 12-passenger, C-140 Jetstar military transport jet.
The tip of the tail reaches within 8 feet (2.4 m) of the surface; the fuselage rests on the bottom at 27 feet (8.2 m).
While air temperatures in northern Texas fall from the 90s F (30s C) to near freezing in January and February, water temperature can plummet to less than 50 F (10 C).
After orbital flights began in 1981, Fulton continued to fly the SCA during ferry missions returning Orbiters to the Kennedy Space Center Florida.
During his career at Dryden, Fulton was project pilot on NASA's B-52 launch aircraft used to air launch a variety of piloted and unpiloted research aircraft, including the X-15s and lifting bodies, as well as project pilot on the Laminar Flow Control Leading Edge research program using a specially modified C-140 JetStar.
He flew the XB-70 prototype supersonic bomber on both NASA-USAF tests and NASA research flights during the late 1960s, attaining speeds exceeding Mach 3.
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A leading edge "Krueger" flap was integrated into the wing high-lift system to serve as an insect shield during takeoffs and landings.
The design incorporated innovations from earlier laminar flow projects using a NASA C-140 JetStar and the Air Force's X-21 research airplane.
It also used the detailed data base gathered during NASA's F-14 Variable Sweep Transition Flight Experiment and the agency's 757 Natural Laminar Flow and Wing Noise Program.
The highest civil honor the President can bestow, this recognizes "Significant contributions to the quality of American life." Johnson was cited for his advancement of aeronautics.
1964 The Award of Achievement, presented by the national Aviation club of Washington D.C., for "Outstanding achievement in airplane design and development over many years, including such models as the Constellation, P-80, F-104, JetStar, the U-2, and climaxed by the metallurgical and performance breakthroughs of the A-11 (YF-12A).
1982 The Meritorious Service to Aviation Award from National Business Aircraft Association, recognizing design of more than 40 aircraft, including the world's first business jet, the JetStar.
