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As used here, an experimental or research and development aircraft, sometimes also called an X-plane, is one which is designed or substantially adapted to investigate novel flight technologies. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Jeremy the Jet Plane: an anthropomorphic jet airliner who lives in the Sodor Airport. He is based on the BAC One-Eleven and is featured in the Thomas & Friends TV series. Norton N-22 : a wide-body passenger aircraft at the center of a safety investigation in Michael Crichton's novel Airframe .
Future Vertical Lift Helicopters: Multirole Helicopters: Army: Version to enter service between 2025-2035. [11] Bell V-280 Valor: Tiltrotor Military helicopter: Army: To enter service around 2030 [12]
Lockheed Martin's supersonic concept: Photo: NASA/Lockheed Martin. Boeing's Dreamliner may seem like the plane of the future, but compared with the next-generation passenger concept planes that ...
This is a list of fixed-wing aircraft capable of vertical take-off and landing arranged under manufacturer. The list excludes helicopters, including compound helicopters and gyrocopters, because they are assumed to have this capability.
The wings are longer than the ones on previous versions of that airplane—a design change that helps increase the craft’s overall fuel efficiency. NASA’s weird wing design could lead to ...
The X-planes are a series of experimental United States aircraft and rockets, used to test and evaluate new technologies and aerodynamic concepts. They have an X designator within the US system of aircraft designations , which denotes the experimental research mission.
At supersonic speeds the intake has to make sure that the air slows down without excessive pressure loss. It has to use the correct type of shock waves, oblique/plane, for the aircraft design speed to compress and slow the air to subsonic speed before it reaches the engine. The shock waves are positioned using a ramp or cone which may need to ...