JTC STOL transport aircraft

[hesham]

Hi,

the Initech Aircraft Corporation designed the JTC STOL transport
aircraft.
http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~mason/Mason_f/T207InitechRpt.pdf

 

[Vahe Demirjian]

I wanted to ask a couple of questions:

(1) Does Initech Aircraft Corporation still exist?
(2) What does the acronym JTC stand for, even though I know that STOL stands for "Short Takeoff and Landing"?

 

[Apophenia]

(1) Does Initech Aircraft Corporation still exist?

Doubtful. Initech was just one of many companies formed by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University staff and students to compete in a series of 2008-2009 AIAA design competitions.

For the Austere Field STOL Tactical Transport design competition, six Virginia Tech teams were entered:
- Team Arrowspace Hermes;
- Initech JTC-2E Swingliner;
- Zoltan YC-154 Skymaster II;
- The Heavy Lifters Free Weight;
- The Mason Project S.T.O.R.K.; and
- The A-Team Aeronautics Mr. T.
See: http://www.dept.aoe.vt.edu/~mason/Mason_f/SD1SrDesRpts.html

In the pdfs, Initech never seemed to define 'JTC'. My guess would be 'Joint Tactical Cargo (Transport)'.