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    Airframe Family: Avro Canada VZ-9 Avro Car
    Latest Model:VZ-9-AV Avrocar
    Last Military Serial:58-7055 USAF
    Compressed ID:Avro Canada VZ-9-AV sn 58-7055 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a VZ-9-AV.
    VTOL research aircraft for Army and Air Force.

    May 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 58-7055.

    From 9 June 1959 to 7 October 1959

    Tested in a static hover rig.

    October 1959

    Transferred to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.
    Wind tunnel tests proved that the aircraft had insufficient control for high speed flight and was aerodynamically unstable.

    April 1960

    USAF evaluations at Ames.

    April 1961

    Testing resumed after modifications.

    17 May 1961

    First flight.
    At Ames Research Center, no higher than 3 feet from ground.

    June 1961

    USAF resumed evaluations.

    December 1961

    Program cancelled.

    From 1961 to 1966

    Assigned to Ames Research Center for storage.

    1966

    Assigned to Nationa Air and Space Museums Garber facility, Silver Hill, MD for storage.

    November 2007

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    From November 2007 to 2008

    Restored.

    June 2008

    Placed on display.

    14 May 2010


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    14 May 2010


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    June 2016


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla
    Notes: National Museum of the U.S. Air Force fourth building
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Avroland
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Wikipedia
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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