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The Boeing Bird of Prey is an American black project aircraft, intended to demonstrate stealth technology. It was developed by McDonnell Douglas and Boeing in the 1990s. [ 1 ] The company provided $67 million of funding for the project; [ 1 ] it was a low-cost program compared to many other programs of similar scale.
The X-36 was built to 28% scale of a possible fighter aircraft and was controlled by a pilot in a ground-based virtual cockpit with a view provided by a video camera mounted in the canopy of the aircraft. For control, a canard forward of the wing was used as well as split ailerons and an advanced thrust vectoring nozzle for directional control.
In line with Rolls-Royce convention of naming piston engines after birds of prey, it was named after the goshawk. The engine first ran in 1933 and provided 660 horsepower (490 kW). Only a few engines were built as the aircraft designs intended to use it were not adopted by the Royal Air Force .
Avro 707 research aircraft in formation with Avro Vulcan bomber prototypes Fairey Delta 2 research aircraft Gloster E.28/39 jet engine research aircraft Miles M.35 Libellula canard research aircraft. Armstrong Whitworth Ape 1926 – Variable configuration aerodynamic test vehicle; Armstrong Whitworth A.W.52 1947 – Jet powered flying wing
Boeing built two of the model X-45A; both were scaled-down proof-of-concept aircraft. The first was completed by Boeing's Phantom Works in September 2000. [1] The goal of the X-45A technology demonstrator program was to develop the technologies needed to "conduct suppression of enemy air defense missions with unmanned combat air vehicles."
The small plane that plunged off the coast of Half Moon Bay earlier this week was an "amateur-built" craft, experimental by designation. But why did it crash?
The Boeing Model 853-21 Quiet Bird was a US Army reconnaissance plane study developed by Boeing in the early 1960s from their Model 831. [1] It was an early example of stealth technology, especially electromagnetic low-observability.
On 29 March 2001, the X-32B STOVL version made its first flight. The flight lasted 50 minutes as the aircraft flew from Palmdale to Edwards AFB. The flight had originally been scheduled for the third quarter of 2000. [17] [18] A modified version of the -614C engine, known as the F119-PW-614S, powered the STOVL aircraft. [19]