The Boeing YC14, being first flown in 1976, was an impressive aeronautical achievement. This aircraft signaled many firsts in aircraft design, the most prominent being the use of uppersurface blowing (which turned the jet engine flow downward), combined with boundarylayer control, to allow flight at amazingly low airspeeds. The YC14 program management consistently embraced new technologies, such as the use of “flybylight” flight controls and use of digital airframe design—technologies that would later become mainstream for Boeing. Although this book is about a specific airplane type, it is just as much about the YC14 design team that created a multiorganizational culture, unafraid to “draw outside the lines,” to create a dramatically capable airplane. To place the reader in the pilot’s seat, Boeing and Air Force test pilots provide their reflections of the handling and performance of the YC14. Equally intriguing, the challenges of designing a new airplane from start to finish are explored in detail.
The Boeing YC14, being first flown in 1976, was an impressive aeronautical achievement. This aircraft signaled many firsts in aircraft design, the most prominent being the use of uppersurface blowing (which turned the jet engine flow downward), combined with boundarylayer control, to allow flight at amazingly low airspeeds. The YC14 program management consistently embraced new technologies, such as the use of “flybylight” flight controls and use of digital airframe design—technologies that would later become mainstream for Boeing. Although this book is about a specific airplane type, it is just as much about the YC14 design team that created a multiorganizational culture, unafraid to “draw outside the lines,” to create a dramatically capable airplane. To place the reader in the pilot’s seat, Boeing and Air Force test pilots provide their reflections of the handling and performance of the YC14. Equally intriguing, the challenges of designing a new airplane from start to finish are explored in detail.
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