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CONTACT CITY STAFFC-140 JETSTAR
Aircraft at the Joe Davies Heritage Airpark at Palmdale Plant 42
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| A/C SN | N814NA |
| Date Acquired: | January 2003 |
| Acquired From: | NASA Edwards AFB, CA (Loan) |
| Displayed: | May 2005 |
| Dedicated | Stanley P. Butchart |
History
During his 25-year career with NASA and its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Butchart piloted a variety of research and support aircraft, including the massive B-52 carrier aircraft used to drop such rocket-powered experimental craft as the X-1 and X-15. His favorite aircraft to fly was this C-140 JetStar.
Butchart retired from NASA in 1976 after a decade serving as the chief and later director of flight operations at Dryden, overseeing the pilots, maintenance and manufacturing and operations engineering branches.
Butchart was a charter member, fellow and former president of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.
He was inducted into Lancaster's Aerospace Walk of Honor in 1999; his granite marker stands on the south side of Lancaster Boulevard near Fern Avenue.
General Information
| MANUFACTURER: | Lockheed Aircraft Corporation |
| PRODUCTION PERIOD: | 1960 to 1973 |
| NUMBER PRODUCED: | 16 for the US Air Force, 204 total including civilian variants |
| PRODUCTION SERIES: | C-140A, B and VC-140B |
| ROLES: | Operational platform for evaluation of military navigation aids; VIP transport for senior US Air Force staff and government officials, including the President; in-theater operational airlift support |
Performance and Specifications
(Figures given are general to the C-140 Series)| MAXIMUM SPEED: | 598 mph |
| SERVICE CEILING: | 45,000 feet above sea level |
| RANGE: | 2,200 miles |
| WEAPONS: | None |
| CREW: | Four (plus eight passengers) |
| LENGTH: | 60 feet, 5 inches |
| WINGSPAN: | 54 feet, 11 inches |
| HEIGHT: | 20 feet, 5 inches |
| MAXIMUM TAKEOFF WEIGHT: | 42,000 lbs. |
| POWERPLANT: | Four Pratt & Whitney J60 turbojets providing 3,000 lbs. of thrust each |
