F-16 MATV Extended Video (Rare Footage)

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DFRC - Dryden Flight Research Center

VISTA - Variable stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft

MATV - Multi-Axis Thrust-Vectoring

AVEN - Axisymmetric Vectoring Exhaust Nozzle

PYBBN - Pitch Yaw balanced Beam Nozzle

"The F-16 Multi-Axis Thrust-Vectoring (MATV) program originally began as a joint General Electric/General Dynamics privately-funded program for a thrust-vectored version of the Fighting Falcon." - f-16.net

F-16 VISTA / MATV: General Electric F110-GE-100 3D TVC 15'/17' degrees subsonic/supersonic

NF-16D:
Pratt & Whitne F100-PW-229 with PYBBN, 3D TVC 20 degrees

Maneuvers:
Helicopter, Hammerhead/Post-stall loop, J-turn, Brakestand