Boeing YC-14 : US Air Force Experimental STOL Aircraft

Dan Dornseif and John K. Wimpress

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The Boeing YC-14, 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 upper-surface blowing (which turned the jet engine flow downward), combined with boundary-layer control, to allow flight at amazingly low airspeeds. The YC-14 program management consistently embraced new technologies, such as the use of “fly-by-light” 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 YC-14 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 YC-14. Equally intriguing, the challenges of designing a new airplane from start to finish are explored in detail.

Size: 9.0in x 9.0in | Pages: 128 | 145 color and b/w photos

Binding: Hardback

ISBN: 9780764366536

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Dan Dornseif has been directly involved with aviation for over three decades and is currently a Boeing 737 captain and check airman for a major airline in the United States.

John Wimpress, Boeing aerodynamicist and airplane designer, was involved with the design of most of Boeing’s jet airplanes from the Air Force B-47 to the commercial 757. John was director of engineering on the US Air Force YC-14 STOL transport. He lives in Des Moines, Washington.