Talk:Bell X-14

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The operational history says the X-14B was damage beyond repair in a landing accident yet it goes on to say that in its years of service it had "no serious incidents". Am I being picky about what a "serious incident" is? --Donramm 16:27, 19 February 2006

Probably meant to read as 'economical' repair. If it had citations we could look it up. --Colputt 01:21, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

The damage actually could be repaired rather easily. The right landing gear went through the fuel tank on a hard landing and a fire started and was put out quickly. The current owner has it on display in his museum: www.ropkeyarmormuseum.com --68.74.135.15 (talk) 03:41, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

The plane was used for training for lunar missions due to the similarity of the controls. Control during vertical flight was achieved by routing jet exhaust out of bleeders on the wingtips, nose, and tail section. I have no source for this other than talking to the guy who owns it, but he has copies of flight logs and has talked to several pilots and people who worked on it. --68.74.135.15 (talk) 03:41, 26 November 2007 (UTC)