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Ongoing delays in the P-47 program resulted in USAAC ordering an additional 80 P-43A, with Pratt & Whitney R-2180-1 Twin Hornet engine rated at 1,400 hp (1,000 kW). The engine promised better high-altitude performance, and armament was upgraded with 0.50 in machine guns replacing the 0.30 in in the wings.
An order for 23 O-43A aircraft was completed during 1934, with a deepened fuselage, which eliminated the need for the ventral bulge under the observer's position. Powered by a single 675 hp Curtiss V-1570 -59 inline engine, it also had taller vertical surfaces with an inset rudder similar to the O-31A.
The AN/UYK-43 was the standard 32-bit computer of the United States Navy for surface ship and submarine platforms, with the first unit delivered in October, 1984. [1] Some 1,250 units were delivered through to 2000. [2]
Predecessors to OpenVSP including VSP [1] and Rapid Aircraft Modeler (RAM) were developed by J.R. Gloudemans and others [2] for NASA beginning in the early 1990s. [3] OpenVSP v2.0 was released as open source under the NOSA license in January 2012.
HH-43A HH-43B Huskie in museum OH-43D Huskie in 1960 HH-43F (K-600) An HTK was tested with twin Boeing 502 turboshafts in 1954, this was the first twin-turbine helicopter. K-240 company designation from HTK-1/TH-43E K-600 proposed civilian counterpart of HOK-1 [29] K-600-3 civilian counterpart of H-43B [29] K-600-4 company designation of HOK-3 ...
T-43A Model 737-253 powered by two JT8D-9 engines and provision for 3 instructors and 16 student navigators, 19 built. [10] CT-43A T-43As converted as staff or command transports. Six T-43A were converted. NT-43A One T-43A, AF Ser. No. 73-1155, converted as a radar test bed aircraft. Used to test the radar-absorbing qualities of stealth ...
The X-43A aircraft was a small unpiloted test vehicle measuring just over 3.7 m (12 ft) in length. [4] The vehicle was a lifting body design, where the body of the aircraft provides a significant amount of lift for flight, rather than relying on wings .
On 3 April 1996, a United States Air Force Boeing CT-43A (Flight IFO-21) crashed on approach to Dubrovnik, Croatia, while on an official trade mission. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-200 originally built as T-43A navigational trainer and later converted into a CT-43A executive transport aircraft, was carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron ...