ARMY-LOCKHEED YO-3A

“QUIET STAR”

CONCEPTION

TO

RESTORATION

11

YO-3A

RVN 1971

What

Makes

the

YO-3A

so

Quiet?

SCHWEIZER SGS 232 GLIDER

Clean Air Frame

Continental I-O 360 EngineJust enough power

210hp

PROPELLERSlow turning prop

deploys to Vietnam

July 1971

3 BLADE PROPELLER

Constant Speed,

wide chord, better

performance—

installed March 1971

BELT DRIVE

No loud gears,

12 radiator belts!

Reduces prop tip

Speed to 800

rpm

―RUBBER BANDS‖

EXHAUST COLLECTOR

Asymetrical exhaust system

EXHAUST PIPE

open over right wing

MUFFLER AND PICCOLO TUBEruns length of fuselage

exposed for photo

Ahh, a Quiet Airplane

―007‖ RVN SUMMER 1970

QT-2 Prototype to YO-3A

1967

PHOTOS OF TOP SECRET

LOCKHEED GREENHOUSE

PROJECT

QT-2

FINISHED QT

QT-2 PRIZE CREW

SOC TRANG

SOUTH VIETNAM

1968

So, how did we get from

the

QT-2 Prize Crew

to the

YO-3A “Quiet Star”

????

That is a long story.

• F. David Schnebly

• Dr. Sherm Seltzer

• MG Ed Browne

• Wayne Kuschel

• Dick Vernon

• Dale Ross Stith

Q-STAR TEST BED

QT to YO-3A Test Platform

With a Lot of Requirements from

the

United States Army

And the tenacity ofYO-3A Army Project Manager

MG ED BROWNE (Ret)

MG Ed Browne (USA

Ret.)

Moffett Field

1970

YO-3A

Deployment

June 1971

9 Planes

YO-3A 3 Blade Prop Over RVN

After March 1971

By this time

Most of the

bugs

Had been

worked out and

mission time

increased

significantly.

YO-3A 69-18007

Undergoing restoration at Cable Airport, Upland

California

FBI GETS

YO-3A 007

007 PARKED AT PT. MAGU—

EARLY 1980 (RETIRED FROM

FBI)

Where are all the YO-3As Now?

YO-3A ―007‖ RESTORATION

Hanger T, Cable Airport

WESTERN MUSEUM OF FLIGHT

CABLE FOUNDATION

007

Night Rider on Quiet Stealth

Mission

Quiet Aircraft Association

WEBSITES

–WWW.YO-3A.COM

–WWW.PRIZECREW.ORG

–WWW.QUIETAIRCRAFT.ORG

– WWW.69-18007.BLOGSPOT.COM

THE END

OF THE

BEGINNING