How NASA’s Unconventional Bell X-14 Almost Landed in the Scrapyard
The X-plane explored VTOL technologies and was used by NASA astronauts to refine their moon-landing skills.
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The X-plane explored VTOL technologies and was used by NASA astronauts to refine their moon-landing skills.
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Named after a Klingon spacecraft from Star Trek and given the designation “YF-118G”, the jet incorporated dramatic design inside and out.
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The airframe configuration of the single-engine Piper PA-47 PiperJet presented a unique set of engineering challenges.
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Despite an aerodynamic cleanliness of its airframe, the light piston twin suffered in a crowded market in the 1970s.
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The clean-sheet aircraft design sought to improve aerodynamics by incorporating its twin engines in the aft fuselage.
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Designed during an era of twin fever, the expeditionary H-500 blended rotary-wing utility and fixed-wing speed.
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The predecessor to the Fanjet 500, the Cessna 620, never made it to market, but it proved a point.
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Unlike more traditional aircraft of the time, the XP-55 design mounted a 1,275 hp Allison V-12 engine behind the pilot.
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See the evolution of stealth aircraft at the National Museum of the US Air Force.
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Designed by Stinson and manufactured by Convair, the L-13 visually seems to have been cobbled together by Dr. Frankenstein’s aerodynamicist cousin.
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