A testbed for future fuel-efficient transport and unmanned aircraft with slender, flexible wings has made its first flight at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Calif. The X-56A Multi-Utility ...
Boom Supersonic aims to resume XB-1 envelope expansion flights as early as next week following delivery of a new flutter excitement system (FES) to the company’s test site at Mojave Air and Space Port ...
W.E.W. Petter hired World War II veteran Wing Commander R.P. Beamont as chief test pilot to ensure the Canberra met operational needs. Beamont demanded a functional cockpit and pushed the aircraft's ...