The Army Preliminary Evaluation I (APE I) of the YO-3A airplane, manufactured by the Lockheed Missiles and Space Company of Sunnyvale, California, was conducted from 18 June through 9 July 1969. Twenty-seven test flights encompassing 36.0 flight hours were flown from Moffet Field Naval Air Station and Crows Landing Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, California. Performance and stability and control tests were conducted to determine the suitability of the airplane to perform a classified mission.
Army Preliminary Evaluation I YO-3A Airplane
1970
144 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aircraft , Observation aircraft , Flight testing , Flight instruments , Army aircraft , Stability , Flight control systems , Pitot tubes , Handling , Airspeed , Stalling , Range(Distance) , Failure , Corrections , Climbing , Takeoff , Lighting equipment , Propellers(Aerial) , Acceptability , Sideslip , Military requirements , Calibration , Maintainability , Aircraft landings , Aircraft engines , Roll , Landing lights , Damping , Pitch(Motion) , O-3 aircraft , Qt-2pc aircraft , Quiet observation aircraft , Rating scales , Trimmability , Yo-3a aircraft
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