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Photo Number: | EC97-43987-2 | |
Photo Date: | March 21, 1997 | |
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Formats: | 524x480 JPEG Image (131 KBytes) 1119x1024 JPEG Image (587 KBytes) 3000x2745 JPEG Image (4,685 KBytes) |
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Description: |
A NASA T-34C aircraft, used for safety chase, is shown flying above the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California in March 1997. The aircraft was previously used at the Lewis Research Center in propulsion experiments involving turboprop engines, and was used as a chase aircraft at Dryden for smaller and slower research projects. Chase aircraft accompany research flights for photography and video purposes, and also as support for safety and research. At Dryden, the T-34 is used mainly for smaller remotely piloted vehicles which fly slower than NASA's F-18's, used for larger scale projects. This aircraft was returned to the U.S. Navy in May of 2002. The T-34C, built by Beech, carries a crew of 2 and is nicknamed the Mentor. |
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Keywords: | T-34C; T-34; Beech; chase; safety; turboprop |
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