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Aerial view of XC-142A tri-service V/STOL transport during flight tests at the Ling-Tomco-Vought plant in Dallas, Texas. The plane is undergoing horizontal flight tests. Later in the program it will make vertical takeoffs by tilting its wing upwards and transitions from vertical to horizontal flight. Built by an industrial team of LTV, Ryan and Hiller, the XC-142A is powered by four T-64 turboshaft engines built by General Electric and driving four 15.5-foot Hamilton Standard fiberglass propellers. The U. S. Air Force in the developing agency for the Department of Defense, with the joint sponsorship of the Navy and Army.
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