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 flown by Chuck Yeager in the 1940s and was the first craft to fly faster than the speed of sound. Over the decades,…
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 flown by Chuck Yeager in the 1940s and was the first craft to fly faster than the speed of sound. Over the decades,…Read more… Read More airplane, f 111, north american x 15, nasa x 43, fixed wing aircraft, rocket powered aircraft, mcdonnell douglas x 36, douglas x 3 stiletto, maxwell, boeing, concorde, emerging technologies, x 3 stiletto, lockheed martin, swept wing, f 14 tomcat, grumman x 29, edwards air force base, mcdonnell douglas, aircraft, hypersonic aircraft, bell x 5, chuck yeager Gizmodo
