12/15/2005. Remarks by Jos
Heyman: "The Mississippi State University Parsons XV-11A
Marvel was a boundary layer control research aircraft designed for
the US Army. Parts were constructed by the Parsons Corp. The aircraft
carried s/n 65-13070 and the first flight took place on
December 1, 1965. On completion of the flight programme in April 1967,
comprising 35 hours over 49 separate flights, the aircraft was put in
storage to be revived in 1981 with civil registration N2768Q."