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UC-12B  

DEFINITION

  • The NASA Langley Beechcraft UC-12B Huron (NASA 528) is an all-metal, twin-turboprop research aircraft. The UC-12B aircraft is a military version of a Beechcraft B200 King Air. NASA Langley acquired this aircraft in 2007 from the U.S. Marine Corps. The aircraft has been modified with two nadir-viewing ports: 29.5 x 29.5-in. in the forward section of the passenger cabin and 26.75 x 22.5 in. in the aft section. These downward-looking portals allow the use of a wide variety of optical, laser, or R-F based devices that might require a nadir look angle out of the aircraft. Research-supporting subsystems, such as electrical power distribution, TCAS, GPS and satellite phone communications also have been installed. The UC-12B aircraft also has a cargo door in the aft left side of the passenger cabin that can accommodate payloads up to 51.5 in. wide. In past operations, the cargo door has allowed a forklift with a boom attachment to place large, heavy payloads directly into the aircraft cabin. In its current configuration, the aircraft serves as the primary flight platform for a suite of aerosol and cloud remote-sensing instruments, including the NASA Langley Doppler Aerosol Wind LIDAR (DAWN). The aircraft is fully IFR capable.

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CHANGE NOTE

  • 2017-07-18 17:32:10.0 [sritz] Insert Concept add broader relation (UC-12B [18cb3d65-a7ab-4220-b7e3-38b98ce04ac7,309831] - Aircraft [227d9c3d-f631-402d-84ed-b8c5a562fc27,287509]);
  • 2017-07-18 17:33:23.0 [sritz] New Keyword requested by ASDC insert AltLabel (id: null category: primary text: NASA Langley Beechcraft UC-12B Huron language code: en); insert Definition (id: null text: The NASA Langley Beechcraft UC-12B Huron (NASA 528) is an all-metal, twin-turboprop research aircraft. The UC-12B aircraft is a military version of a Beechcraft B200 King Air. NASA Langley acquired this aircraft in 2007 from the U.S. Marine Corps. The aircraft has been modified with two nadir-viewing ports: 29.5 x 29.5-in. in the forward section of the passenger cabin and 26.75 x 22.5 in. in the aft section. These downward-looking portals allow the use of a wide variety of optical, laser, or R-F based devices that might require a nadir look angle out of the aircraft. Research-supporting subsystems, such as electrical power distribution, TCAS, GPS and satellite phone communications also have been installed. The UC-12B aircraft also has a cargo door in the aft left side of the passenger cabin that can accommodate payloads up to 51.5 in. wide. In past operations, the cargo door has allowed a forklift with a boom attachment to place large, heavy payloads directly into the aircraft cabin. In its current configuration, the aircraft serves as the primary flight platform for a suite of aerosol and cloud remote-sensing instruments, including the NASA Langley Doppler Aerosol Wind LIDAR (DAWN). The aircraft is fully IFR capable. language code: en);

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