1/72 AA2100 Anigrand Boeing YC-14
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
Very highly detailed and large scale resin kit. It has never been started. The parts are still in the internally sealed factory bags. Includes decals and instructions. In 1972, the U.S. Air Force issued the Advanced transport STOL transport program for a new medium airlifter that capable of operations into battle zones with short, temporary airfields. Two proposals were accepted for construction as the Boeing YC-14 and McDonnell Douglas YC-15 prototypes. The Boeing design for STOL performance was based on the use of a supercritical wing, developed by NASA that the high-speed airflow from the engines tended to cling to the upper surface of the wing/flap system and was thus directed downward to provide powered lift. It was the most efficient powered-lift system ever developed. The first flight of the YC-14 demonstrated superior STOL performance and low-speed maneuverability. However, by the time the YC-14 was ready for production, military priorities had changed. The Air Force decided it needed a larger transport that would fly to standard, conventional airfields rather than into battle zones. In 1979, the Air Force formally canceled the AMST program for both the YC-14 and the YC-15. As a result, the C-X program, the C-17 evolved.
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