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[DeltaV]

prototpe to the F-35 by Northrup,

Boeing X-32 prototype for the JSF Program is the ugly duckling.

 

[DeltaV]

Interesting asymmetrical wing configuration on that experimental model.

Yes, the F-16 XL aircraft were used to investigate/demonstrate many interesting things.

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F-16XL Ship #2 Supersonic Laminar Flow Control experiment - NASA

 

[DeltaV]

 

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[Photon440]

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The Fokker Dr.I Triplane was extremely popular in culture, mostly because Manfred von Richthofen championed it. He liked the aircraft's maneuverability, but it was slow, and had manufacturing and design problems. Despite how often it is shown in movies and pictures, it was in production for only a little over half a year with only 320 being built.

In contrast, the replacement bi-plane, the Fokker D.VII had around 3,300 produced in half a year in 1918, before the end of the war.

 

[Photon440]

Way back in 1958, my parents bought their first house in Richmond, B.C.

Because it was under the flight path of the Vancouver airport, no bank or credit union would lend a mortgage on the property. So the seller ended up carrying the mortgage himself, allowing my parents to get the house.

My dad was always taking pictures, here's one of the earliest jets (DC-8) passing overhead in 1961. Always used to hearing thundering DC-6, Super Constellations and the like, he just had to grab his camera when he heard a Jet passing over...

 

[DeltaV]

World's Only Flyable XP-82 Twin Mustang Marks Fifth Year on the Used Market​

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/...rks-fifth-year-on-the-used-market-263188.html

 

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[Richard Cranium]

Not much in the way of wings.

 

[Photon440]

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A clean looking aircraft for something that was designed in the 1950s. There's an example in the Royal Air Force Midlands museum in England.

 

[Photon440]

Not much in the way of wings.

Well, it wasn't built for aerobatics or handling. It was a test aircraft for high speed. It didn't really accomplish that either, the project was cancelled in 1964 before too many flights.

Look up Bristol 188.

 

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[Photon440]

That Avro Vulcan is still considered to be one of the most efficient machines created for converting kerosene into noise.

 

[64BEL]

Not much in the way of wings.

The T Rex of airplanes.

 

[Geff McCarthy]

On my bookshelf is an account of the RAF bombing of the Falklands with a Vulcan from 4-5000miles away. Huge logistics exercise, total surprise to the Argentinians.