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Pioneers Of The Vertical Frontier — Aeromedical Research Laboratory
Depicts Mission And Facilities Of Aeromedical Research Laboratory At Holloman Afb, N.M. Shows Training And Care Of Primates. Points Out Their Vital Use In Decompression And Radiation Studies, Blood Analyses And Experimental Medicine. Pictures Deceleration, Pulmonary And Space Capsule Tests. Stresses Laboratory’s Contribution To Safety In Future Space Travel.
First F-35 Catapult Launch
Courtesy: Navy Visual News Service.
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, LAKEHURST, N.J. — Navy test pilot Lt. Christopher Tabert takes to the sky July 27 in an F-35C test aircraft launched by a steam catapult for the first time. CF-3 is the designated carrier suitability testing aircraft, and is in Lakehurst for catapult and jet blast deflector testing. The F-35C is the carrier variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and is distinct from the F-35A and F-35B variants. It has larger wing surfaces and reinforced landing gear for slower catapult launch and landing approach speeds and deck impacts associated with the demanding carrier take-off and landing environment. The F-35C is undergoing test and evaluation at NAS Patuxent River prior to eventual delivery to the fleet.
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The Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) XC-142 is a tiltwing experimental aircraft designed to investigate the operational suitability of vertical/short takeoff and landing transports. An XC-142A first flew conventionally on September 29, 1964, and on January 11, 1965, it completed its first transitional flight by taking off vertically, changing to forward flight and finally landing vertically. Its participants pulled out of the program one-by-one and it eventually ended due to a lack of interest after demonstrating its capabilities successfully.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTV_XC-142
