NBook.com updated 24 OCT 07	USAF QU-22 "Pave Eagle"
AMARC: Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (see "MASDC", below) CONUS: Continental USA Drone: An aircraft operated by remote or programmed control, without a pilot HCMT: (Ho Chi Minh Trail) Network of roads and trails stretching from NVN through Laos and Cambodia to SVN, used for infiltration and resupply of the Communist forces. Igloo White: Electronic surveillance system to detect movement of personnel and material on the HCMT. ISC: Infiltration Surveillance Center KIA: Killed in Action MASDC: Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, re-titled "AMARC" in 1985 NKP: Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai AFB, Thailand NVN: North Viet Nam Pave Eagle: Development program for the QU-22 aircraft. SEA: South East Asia (Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Viet Nam) UAV: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle USAFAM: National Museum of the USAF Vampire: Radio Call Sign of QU-22 Pilots	In the war against Communism in South East Asia, USAF QU-22 aircraft were an integral part of the Igloo White surveillance system, which sought to collect, interpret, and rapidly act upon enemy infiltration information gathered from electronic sensors implanted along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.   Unlike the advanced monitoring aircraft (UAV) of today, and despite its formal designation as a drone, the QU-22 was flown by a pilot during combat operations.  (photo: USAF)
NEW BOOK WIRING VIETNAM by Anthony Tambini   QU-22 RESTORATION & DISPOSITION  National Museum of the US Air Force  MASDC II AMARC    MORE QU-22 PAGES QU-22 Development & Related Aircraft QU-22 Diagrams & Key  QU-22 INFORMATION ON THE WEB QU-22 Mailing List Chris Jeppeson's "Igloo White" Larry Westin's "BATCAT" The Virtual Wall	Specifications (QU-22B) Beech Model: 1079 Span: 39.45 ft (with tip tanks) Length: 26.67 ft Height: 8.45 ft Weight: 4,800 lb gw (est.) Armament: None Engine: Continental GTSIO-520-G (375 hp) Performance Maximum speed: 204 mph Avg. Cruise Speed: YQU-22A: 138 mph QU-22B: 141 mph   Crew One (None - drone) Operating Altitude w/crew: <25,000' msl drone: up to 30,000' msl Endurance w/crew: 6 hours (4.5 hours on station) drone: 10 hours (8.5 hours on station) The QU-22 was a highly modified Beech 36/A36 Bonanza which served in the Viet Nam conflict as an electronic monitoring signal relay aircraft. It was developed under the "Pave Eagle" program for the United States Air Force. In March of 1967, Harry Duchene, Roy Denning, and Lou Hagler submitted and won a non-competitive contract with the USAF to put seven drone aircraft (YQU-22A) into the Southeast Asia theater of operations as rapidly as possible. Denning headed up the program, Hagler supervised the field operation and Duchene was the project engingeer. The first examples arrived in SEA during March 1969. These first airframes were modifications of the Beech 33/35 Debonair/Bonanza. The QU-22 could be flown by remote control as a pilotless drone, but SEA operational missions were conducted with a pilot aboard. The aircraft had extended wings with additional fuel tanks at the tips and was powered by one turbocharged Continental IO-520B engine, with a reduction gearbox which reduced propeller RPM for quieter operation. After acquisition from Beech, the aircraft were delivered to the Univac division of Sperry Rand for the installation of mission equipment. The aircraft was fitted with avionics to receive signals from acoustic and seismic sensors air-dropped along the HCMT. The information was then relayed either to an orbiting EC-121R or to the Igloo White facilities at NKP, also the home base of the QU-22 unit. The first QU-22B pilots were trained on the YQU-22A by instructors who had flown the YQU-22A in Southeast Asia and had returned in the fall of 1969 to set up a training program at Duke Field, Florida. The last QU-22 operational mission in SEA was flown in September of 1972. After use in military service, many of these aircraft were placed in the civilian market, with a large portion going to training programs in Community Colleges. A single variant, model PD.249 (70-7859) was evaluated, but rejected, for the light close support role as the YAU-22A. It was fitted with six wing pylons and a 345-hp GTSIO-520 engine. As the years have passed it has become more difficult to piece together the story of the QU-22 and the people involved with it, consequently: 1) If you have experience with the development, operation, maintenance or restoration of this aircraft, or if you know of someone who does, or;   2) If you have data pertaining to, or photographs of, this aircraft or associated personnel which you would like to share, with or without credit, or;   3) If you have information concerning the disposition or current whereabouts of any examples of this type; then please contact one or both of the following:   QU-22 Information QU-22 Network
SOURCES   YQU-22A, QU-22B DEVELOPMENT   Harry Duchene Joe Dubeck Jim Francis Ed Gonser Bill Harber Richard Olds Jack Simpson  ------------    QU-22 OPERATIONS (SEA)   Jim Francis Bill Harber Robert Hendrix Robert Mass Russ Shaver Alan Van Fleet  ------------   BOOKS   The Perfect War by William Gibson   Secret Vietnam Air War by Jeffrey Glasser   Viet nam Air Losses by Chris Hobson   Those Incomoparable Bonanzas by Larry Ball ------------      PHOTOS   Joseph Hyams Jay Ostler Blake Palmer Tom Pilsch Bill Spidle U.S. Air Force ------------     OTHERS   Jon Lopez Anthony Tambini Muscatine (Iowa) Journal ------------    Contact © NBook.com	1968 YQU-22A (6) USAF# / Beech# / status   68-10531 / CED-1 / Combat Loss 11 Jun 69, Engine Failure, pilot survived, [ First YQU-22A built ]   68-10532 / CED-2 / Combat Loss 21 Aug 69, Engine Failure, pilot Raymond Fugit KIA   68-10533 / CED-3 / N52242 private owner, Pardeeville WI 53954   68-10534 / CED-4 / N83475 post-war civilian loss [CFIT] NTSB report (ATL85FA011)   68-10535 / CED-5 / N90524 private owner, Pardeeville WI 53954   68-10536 / CED-6 / N94499 private owner, Tulsa OK 74101 [ not used in SEA ]     QU-22 Airframe Dispostion Combat Loss............. US Civil Registration... Not in SEA.............. D-M [MASDC/AMARC]....... 08 24 04 23 [Some in multiple categories]   . QU-22 Development & Related Aircraft QU-22 Diagrams & Component Key . 1969 QU-22B (13) USAF# / Beech# / status   69-7693 / EB-01 / N75210 D-M (HX019) 04 DEC 72 - 13 DEC 73 Cochise College, Douglas AZ [ not used in SEA ]   69-7694 / EB-02 / D-M [ May Have Been Used by the US Border Patrol ]   69-7695 / EB-03 / N90638 D-M (HX008) 27 NOV 72 - 05 MAR 74, Technical College, Sidney NB [ @ JW Duff in April 1998 ]   69-7696 / EB-04 / N40CA private owner, Fayetteville GA 30215 [ not used in SEA]   69-7697 / EB-05 / Combat Loss 8 Jun 72, Engine Failure, pilot survived   69-7698 / EB-06 / N74TA D-M (HX013) 01 DEC 72 - 07 NOV 73, private owner, Scottsdale AZ   69-7699 / EB-07 / N90637 D-M (HX006) 04 OCT 72 - 19 APR 74 Technical College, Sidney NB [ Now at USAF Museum ]   69-7700 / EB-08 / Combat Loss 4 Apr 72, Engine Failure, pilot survived   69-7701 / EB-09 / N73TA D-M (HX014) 01 DEC 72 - 07 NOV 73, Private owner, Scottsdale AZ   69-7702 / EB-10 / N49893 D-M (HX007) 08 NOV 72 - 04 MAR 74, Community School, Des Moines IA [ not used in SEA ]   69-7703 / EB-11 / N64285 D-M (HX015) 01 DEC 72-16 JAN 74, St Louis University, Cahokia IL, Registration Pending, Jackpot NV (Feb 03)   69-7704 / EB-12 / N75208 D-M (HX012) 01 DEC 72 - 12DEC73 Cochise College, Douglas AZ [ not used in SEA ]   69-7705 / EB-13 / Combat Loss 8 Feb 71, Engine Failure, pilot Maj Lenox Lee Ratcliff KIA    1970 QU-22B (14) USAF# / Beech# / status   70-1535 / EB-14 / N22QU D-M (HX009), 27 NOV 72 - 04 JAN 74 Community College, Roscommon MI (N57938) private owner, 10 Oct 95   70-1536 / EB-15 / N49248 not used in SEA, AEDC test aircraft, Fuselage to Embry-Riddle, Daytona Beach FL, 1973   70-1537 / EB-16 / N64883 D-M (HX023) 19 JAN 73 - 17 OCT 73 Board of Education. Long Island NY   70-1538 / EB-17 / N64884 D-M (HX011) 27 Nov 72 - 17 Oct 73 Board of Education, Long Island NY 24 Apr 74 - 27 Sep 02 Aircraft Destroyed   70-1539 / EB-18 / N64885 D-M (HX020) 04 DEC 72 - 17 OCT 73 Board of Education, Long Island NY   70-1540 / EB-19 / N267HT D-M (HX022) 18 JAN 73 - 11 APR 74 Technical Institute, Waterloo IA   70-1541 / EB-20 / N62247 D-M (HX021) 04 DEC 72 - 30 OCT 73 City of New York, Brooklyn NY   70-1542 / EB-21 / N75209 D-M (HX018) 04 DEC 72 - 10 DEC 73, Cochise College, Douglas AZ   70-1543 / EB-22 / N57939 D-M (HX016) 01 DEC 72 - 04 JAN 74 Community College, Roscommon MI   70-1544 / EB-23 / N18834 D-M (HX010) 27 NOV 72 - 30 OCT 73, Board of Education, Westbury, NY   70-1545 / EB-24 / N57895 D-M (HX017) 01 DEC 72 - 03 JAN 74, Public School, Buffalo, NY   70-1546 / EB-25 / Combat Loss 25 AUG 72, Engine Failure pilot 1Lt Lanny Allen York KIA   70-1547 / EB-26 / Combat Loss 19 AUG 72, Turbulence, pilot survived   70-1548 / EB-27 / Combat Loss 22 APR 72, Control Failure, pilot survived [ Last QU-22B built ]