Boeing’s YC-14 stands as a bold experiment that, even in cancellation, advanced the science of flight. Boeing’s YC-14 emerged from a United States Air Force (USAF) initiative launched in the ...

But that's only half of the story. This is the tale of the YC-14, a quirky twin-engine short takeoff and landing (STOL) cargo jet that almost nobody remembers. On first impressions alone ...

Col. Jennifer Barnard: I like to call this the ugliest plane out here, the YC-14. It was an aircraft that never went into production. Narrator: Eight hundred mechanics work nonstop, reclaiming ...

Heidelberg, Germany, June 8, 1977: Beneath stormy skies that might have been an omen for its program’s fate, a YC-14 AMST (Advanced Medium Short Takeoff and Landing Transport) prototype lands at ...