{"product_id":"9780764366536","title":"Boeing YC-14 : US Air Force Experimental STOL Aircraft by John K. Wimpress","description":"The Boeing YC-14, being first flown in 1976, was an impressive aeronautical achievement. This aircraft signaled many firsts in aircraft design, the most prominent being the use of upper-surface blowing?(which turned the jet engine flow?downward), combined with boundary-layer control, to allow flight at amazingly low airspeeds. The YC-14 program management consistently embraced new technologies, such as the use of \"fly-by-light\" flight controls and use of digital airframe design-technologies that would later become mainstream for Boeing. Although this book is about a specific airplane type, it is just as much about the YC-14 design team that created a multiorganizational culture, unafraid to \"draw outside the lines,\" to create a dramatically capable airplane. To place the reader in the pilot's seat, Boeing and Air Force test pilots provide their reflections of the handling and performance of the YC-14. Equally intriguing, the challenges of designing a new airplane from start to finish are explored in detail.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56294819529077,"sku":"9780764366536","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780764366536.jpg?v=1762766124","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780764366536","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}