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Flight test files: Lockheed F-104 Starfighter – mastering the aerodynamics of the razor-thin wing
How NASA used the F-104 Starfighter's razor-thin wing to explore supersonic handling, shuttle approaches, and X-15 support.
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Flight test files: North American F-86 Sabre – The quest for supersonic superiority
The North American F-86 Sabre was not only a Korean War fighter but also a key research aircraft at NACA's High-Speed Flight Station, helping engineers understand pitch-up, stability, and swept-wing ...
North Aircraft Industries selected for proven complex aerospace composite manufacturing, engineering, and testing ...
Over the past ten years or so, American space agency NASA has become a major player in the aviation industry, getting itself involved in all sorts of projects meant to inform the design of the ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – You may one day board a plane where the wings will look very different. Future airplanes are ditching traditional wing design for something sleeker—long, thin wings braced with ...
The high-speed uncrewed test aircraft performed its first flight at Edwards AFB, just a year after the launch of the development. Hermeus, a U.S. company aiming to develop hypersonic aircraft quickly ...
Embraer is working to complete the fuselage and empennage of a remotely piloted technology demonstration platform following successful initial fatigue tests of the aircraft’s composite wing. The wing ...
NASA completed the first flight of a new laminar-flow scale-model wing on an F-15B testbed that aims to cut drag and reduce fuel burn on future aircraft.
The airline will help startup JetZero design and test its blended-wing-body demonstrator aircraft by 2027. The airline will help startup JetZero design and test its blended-wing-body demonstrator ...
US investigators believe the pilots of a Hawker 900XP were insufficiently prepared for a post-maintenance stall test, during which the aircraft encountered icing and entered a fatal spin. The ...
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