Stroukoff_YC-134A_-_NASA.jpg


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Description
English: The U.S. Air Force Stroukoff Aircraft Corportaion YC-134 (s/n 52-1627), in 1956. A standard Fairchild C-123B Provider was fitted with two 3,500 hp (2,600 kW) Wright Turbo Compound R3350-89A radial engines, turning four-blade, thirteen foot Aeroproducts constant-speed fully-feathering propellers, a boundary layer control system, tailplane endplates, redesigned landing gear with tandem mainwheels. Later it was designated YC-134A when fitted with a "Pantobase" landing gear. It was cancelled in favour of the Lockheed C-130.
Date between 1959 and 1961
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1959-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1961-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source NASA photo on the SP-3300 Flight Research at Ames, 1940-1997 website [1]
Author NACA

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