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Precision Manuals Development Group (often abbreviated as PMDG) is a commercial add-on aircraft developer for the Microsoft Flight Simulator, [1] Lockheed Martin Prepar3D, [2] and X-Plane [3] series. The company was founded by Robert S. Randazzo, who stated that his ultimate goal was to develop the software to the point where it could be used ...
In November 2010, Lockheed Martin debuted Prepar3D version 1. [18] Version 1.1 was released in April 2011, with a retail license cost of US$499. [19] A developer license is also available for a monthly fee of US$9.95. In March 2012, along with the release of version 1.3, the pricing strategy was revised.
One aircraft was lost on 14 October 1953, when it failed to recover from a spin at 60° sweepback. Air Force Captain Ray Popson died in the crash at Edwards Air Force Base . The other X-5 remained at Edwards and continued active testing until 1955, and remained in service as a chase plane until 1958.
Two chase aircraft, a Learjet 23 and a Cessna T-37, in formation with a NASA Boeing 747 905 as part of a wing vortex experiment. A chase plane is an aircraft that "chases" a "subject" aircraft, spacecraft or rocket, for the purposes of making real-time observations and taking air-to-air photographs and video of the subject vehicle during flight ...
A limited number of T-33s have been owned privately, with two used by Boeing as chase aircraft. In 2010, one T-33 owned by Boeing was used as a chase aircraft during the maiden flight of the Boeing 787. [7] The maiden flight of the Boeing 737 MAX-7 on 16 March 2018 also featured a T-33 chase plane. [8]
The first aircraft to be developed by Chase after its founding in 1943, the CG-14 was developed in preference to the Laister-Kauffman CG-10. [1] Constructed from marine-grade mahogany, as spruce was being used by the war effort in higher priority projects, [2] the XG-14 featured improved crash protection when compared to preceding gliders.
Pages in category "Chase aircraft" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... This page was last edited on 1 April 2018, at 19:20 (UTC).
These plans went awry on June 8, 1966, when the second XB–70 crashed following a midair collision with NASA's F–104N chase plane. After 33 research flights following the mid–air collision, the remaining XB–70A was flown to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on February 4, 1969, for museum display. [54] North American YF-93. Fixed Wing ...