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 program 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."