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Engineers see fixes for Orbital L-1011 to prevent damage from X-34

Staff August 09, 1999
L-1011 FIX: Engineers have developed a fix for Orbital's L-1011 that they believe will prevent the buffeting that curtailed the first X-34 captive carry test. Winds off the low-wing mockup bolted beneath the carrier aircraft's fuselage set up vibrations in some belly panels just aft of the mockup...

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