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Flying Wings: The Revolutionary Design That Arrived Too Soon
In the 1940s, the flying wing seemed destined to transform aviation with its sleek design and efficiency. But despite promising early tests, Jack Northrop’s prototypes faced engineering challenges and ...
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The Flying Wings of Jack Northrop that Led to the B-2 Spirit – Part One
From his youth, Jack Northrop imagined efficient all-wing aircraft so advanced that technology and power plants needed to ...
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NASA, Boeing pause X-66 to chase breakthrough ultra-thin wing aircraft design
The X-66 program heavily modified a McDonnell Douglas MD-90 aircraft to demonstrate a truss-braced version of the thin wing.
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Boeing Tells NASA Transonic Truss-Braced Wing Aircraft Is Not Such a Good Idea After All
American aerospace Boeing decided to put on hold the creation of the X-66 transonic truss-braced wing demonstrator and focus ...
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United Is Betting on the World’s First Commercial Blended Wing Aircraft
United is ready to purchase up to 200 units of this futuristic 250-passenger aircraft with a blended-wing design that ...
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The Best Aviator Sunglasses for Men Give Your Style Wings
The Shoreline model stands out, too, with its slightly larger, square-shaped aviator design calling to mind Hunter S. Thompson’s signature oversized yellow lenses. American Optical As long as we ...