X-planes are a class of experimental aircraft designed to test and demonstrate new innovations in flight—some were created for NASA, others for DARPA or the U.S. military. The first X-plane, X-1, was ...
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Imagine a cargo plane so big, it could carry nearly 200 cargo containers, including 20 in each wing. The Pelican Super Transport was Boeing's intended answer to the Navy's need to transport massive ...
The X-48B flying over Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base in August 2007. Photo: NASA / Carla Thomas The X-48 was made in the late 2000s to test a new shape of plane that could be quieter and ...