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Refle tions. Refle tions. Dave Paul. First Flights of the ATF Prototypes. YF-22 Dave Ferguson Tom Morgenfeld YF-23 Paul Metz Jim Sandberg. Our Cheerful Staff Is Ready To Fly For You!. Study Contracts since the late 1970’s 01 Oct 1986 Contract Awards

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Refle tions

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  1. Refle tions

  2. Refle tions Dave Paul First Flights of the ATF Prototypes YF-22 Dave Ferguson Tom Morgenfeld YF-23 Paul Metz Jim Sandberg

  3. Our Cheerful Staff Is Ready To Fly For You!

  4. Study Contracts since the late 1970’s 01 Oct 1986 Contract Awards LOCKHEED/ GENERAL DYNAMICS NORTHROP/McDONNELL DOUGLAS Pratt & Whitney General Electric Apr 1991 Downselects ATF Chronology

  5. THE SKUNKS

  6. YF -22 “Lightnings”

  7. YF-23 “Ghosts”

  8. Study Contracts since the late 1970’s 01 Oct 1986 Contract Awards 27 Aug 1990 YF-23 #1 (PW) 29 Sep “ YF-22 #1 (GE) 26 Oct “ YF-23 #2 (GE) 30 Oct “ YF-22 #2 (PW) Apr 1991 Downselects ATF Chronology

  9. YF-23 PAV 1 27 AUG 1990 PAUL METZ

  10. Scrupulous TEAM preparation Off-the-shelf ain’t if it’s changed The magic works, but the plumbing don’t YF-23 PAV-1 First Flight

  11. YF-22 SHIP # 1 29 SEPT 1990 Dave Ferguson YF-22 Chief Test Pilot

  12. Schedule imperatives are REAL. PLAN to be flexible Flight/Ground Idle… STATE changes The First Flight’s not done ‘til the test cards are. YF-22 Ship # 1 First Flight

  13. The YF-23 Dem-Val Program Jim Sandberg YF-23 Project Pilot YF-23 PAV 2 26 OCT 1990

  14. Been there, done that… Darryl always used to say… The First Flight’s not done ‘til the test cards are. YF-23 PAV-2 First Flight

  15. Lesson Learned • Been there, done that, but…… • Always beware of taking off in the opposite direction on a single runway on a different frequency than all other traffic.

  16. Lesson Learned On Tower Freq: “Cobra 12, Cleared for touch and go” On Test Freq: “Ghost 2, Cleared for takeoff” T-38 Training Flight F-16 Safety Chase F-15 Photo Chase YF-23 #2

  17. Lesson Learned • Darryl always used to say… • EXPECT to have landing gear difficulties on any first flight

  18. Lesson Learned • The First Flight’s not done ‘til the test cards are…

  19. Gausian Shaping The “Apollo 13” Phenomenon

  20. YF-22 SHIP #230 OCT 1990Tom Morgenfeld

  21. Off-the-shelf ain’t if it’s changed Scrupulous TEAM preparation First Flight CREWS The First Flight’s not done ‘til the test cards are. YF-22 Ship # 2 First Flight

  22. SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY

  23. How it Went(Dem/Val Stats) YF-22 PAV-1 (GE YF120) 29 Sep to 28 Dec 90 Sorties: 43 Hours:52.8 PAV-2 (PW YF120) 30 Oct to 28 Dec 90 Sorties: 31 Hours: 38.8 Total Sorties: 74 Hours: 91.6 YF-23 PAV-1 (PW YF119) 27 Aug to 30 Nov 90 Sorties: 34 Hours:44.4 PAV-2 (GE YF120) 26 Oct to 15 Dec 90 Sorties: 16 Hours: 21.4 Total Sorties: 50 Hours: 65.8

  24. QUESTIONS?

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