Northern Ireland Aviation Enthusiast's Forum
Civil Aviation => Historical Civil Aircraft => Topic started by: smudge on October 16, 2014, 12:42:24 PM
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Just this morning I 'discovered' this early biz-jet prototype. Looks like a baby CV-880!
It's the McDonnell 119, designed for the USAF UTX competition that was won by the NA Sabreliner*. Another go was had at the UCX competition but Lockheed took that one. Only one 119 was built and it was the first biz-jet to receive FAA certification.
Apparently stressed to +9G!
However its fate was sealed when Jim McDonnell himself bought a Sabreliner for personal use...
(http://www.boeing.com/assets/images/history/mdc/graphics/histlarg/hist073b.jpg)
http://achtungskyhawk.com/2009/12/24/rare-aircraft-mcdonnell-119220/ (http://achtungskyhawk.com/2009/12/24/rare-aircraft-mcdonnell-119220/)
* as part of this discovery I also learned that the Sabreliner used the F-86's wing... makes perfect sense now but I never thought about the name!
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Was it not the Jetstar that won, great looking wee jet
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Found a video of the beastie flying!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKcGDJQwTz0