Interesting. I'll have to research that. Thanks for the reply.
"Scubabix" wrote in message
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Isn't the CV-990 the same type aircraft that collided with a P-3 on
approach to Moffett Field in the early 70's? There was only one survivor
from that crash and he got run over by a crash truck while unconscious on
the ground.
Rob

"J.F." wrote in message
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A NASA CV-990, modified as a Landing Systems Research Aircraft (LSRA), is
serviced on the ramp at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,
California, before a test of the space shuttle landing gear system.

The space shuttle landing gear test unit, operated by a high-pressure
hydraulic system, allowed engineers to assess and document the
performance of space shuttle main and nose landing gear systems, tires
and wheel assemblies, plus braking and nose wheel steering performance.
The series of 155 test missions for the space shuttle program provided
extensive data about the life and endurance of the shuttle tire systems
and helped raise the shuttle crosswind landing limits at Kennedy