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The Boeing X-66 is an experimental airliner under development by Boeing. It is part of the X-plane series, and is being developed in collaboration with NASA and its Sustainable Flight Demonstrator program. It will use an extra-long and thin wing design stabilized by diagonal bracing struts, which is known as a Transonic Truss-Braced Wing.
Aug 2, 2010. "NASA, Boeing Test Low-Drag Truss-Braced Wing Concept: High-aspect-ratio, truss-braced wing promises marked fuel savings". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Aviation Week Network. January 27, 2014; Warwick, Graham (January 28, 2014). "Will Boeing Embrace Braced Wings?". Things with Wings Blog. Aviation Week Network
It’s called the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing concept, which relies on elongated, thin wings stabilized by diagonal struts that connect the wings to the aircraft. ... Boeing estimates that the ...
X-15A-2: North American USAF, NASA 1964 Hypersonic, high-altitude flight Major Pete Knight flew the X-15A-2 to a Mach 6.70, making it the fastest piloted flight of the X-plane program. X-16: Bell USAF 1954 High-altitude reconnaissance [26] "X-16" designation used to hide true purpose. [27] Canceled and never flew. X-17: Lockheed USAF, USN 1956
Boeing Phantom Ray; Boeing Truss-Braced Wing; C. Carter PAV; D. Dragon Dream; Dynetics X-61 Gremlins; E. ... This page was last edited on 13 May 2019, at 16:39 (UTC).
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The ecoDemonstrator program was formally launched in 2011, in partnership with American Airlines and the FAA. [16] The first ecoDemonstrator aircraft, a Boeing 737-800 , operated during 2012. Since then a different aircraft has been used each year, excepting 2013 and 2017 and a single aircraft from 2022 to 2024, with testing operations lasting ...
SEATTLE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co said on Monday it would suspend production of its best-selling 737 MAX jetliner in January, its biggest assembly-line halt in more than 20 years, as ...