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Constructed as a L-1329. |
Circa 1960 |
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To Lockheed Aircraft Corporation with c/r N9203R. |
29 November 1960 |
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First flight. |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n 814. |
From May 1963 to 1989 |
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Transferred to Dryden Flight Research Center. |
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Dryden, in co-operation with the Lewis Research Center, used the JetStar to investigate the acoustic characteristics of a series of subscale advanced design propellers in the early eighties. The propellers were designed to rotate at a tip speed faster than the speed of sound. They are, in effect, a swept back wing version of a propeller. The JetStar was modified with the installation of an air turbine drive system. The drive motor, with a 24-inch test propeller, was mounted in a pylon atop the JetStar. The aircraft research team was awarded the Collier Trophy for their efforts in 1987. |
June 1969 |
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To NASA with c/r N814NA. |
From Circa 1969 to Circa 1977 |
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Was equipped with an electronic variable stability flight control system. Called then a General Purpose Airborne Simulator (GPAS), the aircraft could duplicate the flight characteristics of a wide variety of advanced aircraft and was used for supersonic transport and general aviation research, and as a training and support system for Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests at Dryden in 1977. |
9 August 1970 |
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Photographer: NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (public domain) |
21 May 1981 |
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Photographer: NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (public domain) |
29 July 1982 |
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Photographer: NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (public domain) |
1985 |
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The wings were modified with suction and spray devices in a laminar (smooth) air flow program to study ways of improving the flow of air over the wings of airliners. The test article mounted on the right wing used suction through approximately 1 million 0.0025-inch diameter holes in the titanium skin to maintain laminar flown on the upper surface of the article. |
January 2003 |
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To Joe Davies Heritage Airpark, Palmdale Plant 42, Palmdale, CA.
 View the Location Dossier |
May 2005 |
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Placed on display. |
20 November 2009 |
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Photographer: John Bennett
Notes: Taken at Palmdale, California, U.S.A. |
26 May 2013 |
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Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: Exhibited at the Joe Davies Heritage Airpark at Palmdale Plant 42, Palmdale, California |
