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User currently offlineNosedive From United States, joined May 2004, 2384 posts, RR: 24
Posted (1 year 12 months 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 780 times:

Ok, so I'm bored after my finals here at school, and I was reading a bit about the history of the 707 testing program. This, from Boeing caught my eye:

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The Dash 80 flew with a fifth engine mounted on the aft fuselage to test installation feasibility for the trijet 727 and with three different types of engines installed at the same time. It investigated engine-thrust reversers, engine sound suppressers, rigs designed to cause in-flight engine icing conditions, air conditioners, and wing flap and slat modifications.

Googleing around isn't doing me any good. What were the results of these tests, sides the 727  Wink, and does anyone have anymore information and pictures?


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User currently offline2H4 From United States, joined Oct 2004, 7289 posts, RR: 54
Reply 1, posted (1 year 12 months 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 770 times:		 AIRLINERS.NET CREW
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Here you go:




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User currently offlineBAe146QT From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2006, 940 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (1 year 12 months 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 746 times:

I'm frightened to ask - were they all operational, or was it literally to test their aerodynamic properties in situ?


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User currently offline2H4 From United States, joined Oct 2004, 7289 posts, RR: 54
Reply 3, posted (1 year 12 months 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 744 times:		 AIRLINERS.NET CREW
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I believe one of the main goals was to determine whether the engine would receive sufficient airflow behind the wing during high AOA...


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User currently offlineCitationJet From United States, joined Mar 2003, 1486 posts, RR: 2
Reply 4, posted (1 year 12 months 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 684 times:

Reminds me of Pratt & Whitney's Boeing 720 used as an engine testbed.


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User currently offlineN231YE From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 5, posted (1 year 12 months 11 hours ago) and read 545 times:

Here's another. Photo scanned from the book, Boeing Aircraft: Since 1916 by Peter M. Bowers.

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p152/N231YE/367-80JT8Dcopy.jpg

Just to throw in another oddity, the model 367-80 at one time had three different engine types mounted to it:

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p152/N231YE/367-803engines.jpg
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