E”X”perimental

DARPA Selects Aurora Flight Sciences for Phase 2 of Active Flow Control X-Plane

Goal is to develop and fly a demonstrator aircraft without using external mechanical flight controls Note: The following is a…

January 17, 2023

Project 1794 (Saucer-Type Aircraft)

Background This sampling of newly released saucer-type aircraft documents contain detailed technical data and drawings related to the work undertaken…

February 25, 2016

Boeing X-20 “Dyna-Soar”

The X-20 Dyna-Soar ("Dynamic Soarer") was a United States Air Force (USAF) program to develop a spaceplane that could be…

February 23, 2015

Bell X-5

Background The Bell X-5 was the first aircraft capable of changing the sweep of its wings in flight. It was…

February 23, 2015

Project Silver Bug

Background Project Silver Bug was the American "Black" project version of the Avro Aircraft Canada Y-2 undertaken by the United…

February 22, 2015

NASA’s AD-1 Demonstrator

Introduction The NASA AD-1 was both an aircraft and an associated flight test program conducted between 1979 and 1982 at…

February 21, 2015

Avrocar

The VZ-9-AV Avrocar (official designation but often listed as VZ-9) was a Canadian VTOL aircraft developed by Avro Aircraft Ltd.…

February 21, 2015