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A model of the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing aircraft in a wind tunnel at NASA's Ames Research Center. By early 2019, following extensive wind tunnel testing at NASA Ames Research Center, an optimized truss and more sweep for the 170 ft (52 m) span wing allowed flying higher and faster, up from Mach 0.70–0.75 to Mach 0.80 like current jetliners. [3]
2 Transonic truss-braced wing. 3 See also. 4 References. ... Boeing Truss-Braced Wing are airliner designs studied by Boeing with braced, high aspect ratio wings.
The first experimental aircraft specification, for a transonic rocket plane, was placed in 1945, and the first operational flight of an X-plane took place when the Bell X-1 made its first powered flight nearly three years later at Muroc Air Force Base, California, now known as Edwards Air Force Base. [3]
The design that NASA and Boeing are working on could reduce fuel consumption and emissions by up to 30% compared with today’s most efficient aircraft, according to the agency.
Boeing Liquid Hydrogen (LH 2) airplane that uses liquid hydrogen as fuel [28] Hypersonic Airliner Concept. Mach 5 speed [29] [30] Boeing 747-500 – larger ultra-haul version of the Boeing 747; Boeing X-66 – experimental Transonic Truss-Braced Wing airliner
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