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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 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.
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
Boeing X-40 [217] Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar 51-8037 [218] Martin Marietta SV-5J – configured as X-24A [219] Martin Marietta X-24B 66‐13551 [220] North American X-15 56-6671 [221] [222] [82] Apollo 15 Command Module; Gemini B experimental capsule for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory; KH-7 Gambit reconnaissance satellite; KH-8 Gambit 3; KH ...
The following is the list of purpose-built passenger jet airliners.It excludes turboprop and reciprocating engine powered airliners. It also excludes business jets and aircraft designed primarily for the transportation of air cargo.
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]
This is a list of aircraft by date and usage. The date shown is the introduction of the first model of a line but not the current model. For instance, while "the most popular" aircraft, such as Boeing 737 and 747 were introduced in 1960x, their recent models were revealed in the 21st century. [1]