Wind tunnel studies of the pressure distribution and the flow field in the wake of the Lockheed C-141A Starlifter jet transport aircraft / T.F. Goodrick.

Wind tunnel studies of a 1:56 scale non-powered model of the C-141A jet transport indicate the following characteristics of the flow field which affect the deployment of paratroops and cargo from the side doors and from the rear cargo ramp: downwash occurs across the side doors when the petal doors...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Goodrick, T. F.
Corporate Authors:	Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory (U.S.), University of Minnesota, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio)
Format:	Government Document Book
Language:	English
Published:	Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1968.
Series:	Technical report (Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory (U.S.)) ; AFFDL TR 67-163.
Subjects:	Jet transports. Starlifter (Jet transport) Wakes (Aerodynamics) Wind tunnels. Pressure > Measurement. Airdrop.