Boeing this summer will stop developing NASA's X-66 truss-braced-wing demonstrator aircraft and shift its focus specifically ...

By integrating both the wings and the body of the aircraft into a seemingly single structure, thus achieving a sort of all wing airplane, the company hopes to help airlines cut fuel, offer better ...

Based on a heavily modified McDonnell Douglas MD-90, the X-66 was intended to demonstrate a truss-braced version of the thin wing at full scale. The experimental aircraft formed the flagship of NASA’s ...

Boeing and NASA are to pause development of the X-66 flight demonstrator to focus their research on the evolution of long, ...

More images from an iconic U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that was sunk in the ... The remotely operated camera also identified multiple plane wings in the hangar deck. These were likely spare parts ...

More images from an iconic U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that was sunk in the ... The remote-operated camera also identified multiple plane wings in the hangar deck. These were likely spare parts ...

The X-66 program heavily modified a McDonnell Douglas MD-90 aircraft to demonstrate a truss-braced version of the thin wing. The experimental aircraft was at the forefront of NASA ...

Research is ongoing.” Researchers confirmed a 2023 report of an aircraft wing being in the hangar deck and found at least two others that had never been spotted. A vintage car was also found ...

A World War II bomber has been discovered 3 miles deep in the Pacific Ocean, and it’s still fully armed with an 83-year-old bomb fixed to the wing ... heavily damaged aircraft is one of at ...

A street cat in Bangkok. Piazza Navona in Rome. Airplane wings cutting through cumulus clouds. A visit with an aging family member. Some people have gone from avoiding flying to even enjoying it.