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X-48C Awaits its First Flight
X-48C Awaits its First Flight

Now modified with two higher-thrust turbojets in place of the original three, an extended rear deck, and its vertical tails…

X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body
X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body

The remotely operated X-48C Blended Wing Body aircraft lifted off Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base, CA, on…

X-48C Begins New Flight Test Phase
X-48C Begins New Flight Test Phase

The X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body technology demonstrator lifted into the skies after taking off from the bed of…

Touchdown on Dry Lake
Touchdown on Dry Lake

The sub-scale X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body technology demonstration aircraft touched down on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air…

X-48C Hybrid Being Prepared for its First Flight
X-48C Hybrid Being Prepared for its First Flight

Boeing Phantom Works technicians prepared the sub-scale X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body technology demonstrator for its first test flight…

X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body
X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body

Two 89-pound-thrust turbojet engines housed in larger nacelles were one of the major modifications in the “C” version of the…

X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body
X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body

Here’s looking at you! – A small television camera seen through the left front window of the sub-scale X-48C Hybrid…

X-48C Rolls to a Stop on Rogers Dry Lake After Flight
X-48C Rolls to a Stop on Rogers Dry Lake After Flight

With its split ailerons deployed to increase drag and reduce speed, the X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body technology demonstrator…

X-48C Deploys Split Ailerons
X-48C Deploys Split Ailerons

The remotely piloted X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body technology demonstration aircraft deployed its split ailerons to increase drag and…

Shuttles Come Nose-to-Nose
Shuttles Come Nose-to-Nose

NASA’s space shuttles Endeavour and Atlantis switched locations today at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and in the process came…