December 23, 20232 yr NASA 834, an F-14 Navy Tomcat, was used at Dryden in 1986 and 1987 in a program known as the Variable-Sweep Transition Flight Experiment (VSTFE). This program explored laminar flow on variable sweep aircraft at high subsonic speeds. NASA834 (0001) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr NASA834 (0002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr NASA834 (0004) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr NASA834 (0005) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr NASA834 (0006) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr NASA834 (0007) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr All my FSX/P3D repaints are here on Avsim, for my MSFS repaints, go to FS.2
December 23, 20232 yr Now that is a very very fine looking plane. Excellent stuff! Ryzen 9 7900X, Corsair H150 AIO cooler, 64 Gb DDR5, Asus X670E Hero m/b, 3090ti, 13Tb NVMe, 8Tb SSD, 16Tb HD, 55" Philips 4k HDR monitor, EVGA 1600w ps, all in Corsair 7000D airflow case. Sims in use - 2020, 2024, XP-12 and -11, FSX/SE, P3Dv4.5 and v5.4. DCS and AFS2 installed but rarely used
December 23, 20232 yr Fantastic shots, Jan !! Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
December 23, 20232 yr Author NASA 991, an F-14 Navy Tomcat designated the F-14 (1X), the 1X signifying that it was Grumman's experimental testbed, was used at Dryden between 1979 and 1985 in extensive high-angle-of-attack and spin-control-and-recovery tests. NASA991 (0001) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr NASA991 (0003) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr NASA991 (0005) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr NASA991 (0009) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr All my FSX/P3D repaints are here on Avsim, for my MSFS repaints, go to FS.2
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