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The second X-48B was modified into the X-48C starting in 2010 for further flight tests. [19] The X-48C has its vertical stabilizers moved inboard on either side of the engines, and its fuselage extended aft, both to reduce the aircraft's noise profile; it was to be powered by two JetCat turbines, each producing 80 pounds-force (360 N) of thrust.
English: The X-48C Hybrid Wing Body aircraft flies over Rogers Dry Lake on Feb. 28, 2013, from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Calif. The long boom protruding from between the tails is part of the aircraft's parachute-deployment flight termination system.
Overall, in 2008, there were only 16% of women working in the manufacturing of aircraft and spacecraft. [259] Women who work as aerospace engineers made up only 25% in the field in 2014. [260] Women make up less than 6% of senior executive level positions in airline companies, as of 2015. [261]
A flight attendant's story is going viral after she shared a heartwarming encounter that took place on one of her London-bound trips last week.. Virgin Atlantic flight attendant Leah Amy took to ...
A woman with no flying experience took control of a plane and landed safely at a California airport after her pilot husband suffered a heart-attack mid-flight on Friday afternoon, according to ...
Aida de Acosta flying the airship Baladeuse in 1903 – the first woman to pilot a powered aircraft. This is a list of women aviators — women prominent in the field of aviation as constructors, designers, pilots and patrons. It also includes a list of their relevant organisations such as the Betsy Ross Air Corps and Women's Royal Air Force
The model was just 23 when she walked into a plane's propeller -- but it's made her feel more "empowered." Model Lauren Scruggs on how her horrific accident has helped her become who she is today ...
Continental Airlines "The first all-women crew to command a wide-bodied commercial aircraft touched down in Sydney yesterday – and they were on time. Captain Lennie Borenson, 39, first officer Dorothy Clegg, 26, and second officer Karlene Ciprtano, 25, taxied their Continental DC-10 to the terminal at 6am after leaving Hawaii about 8pm on ...