The X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing (AAW) development program is a completed American research project that was undertaken jointly by the Air Force Research...
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research agency ONERA. Aeroelasticity Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing Parker variable wing Variable-camber wing Variable-sweep wing Wing warping "FlexSys...
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F-47 Boeing Bird of Prey Boeing X-40 Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing Boeing YC-14 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III Boeing C-22 Boeing VC-25 Boeing C-32...
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AFTI/F-16A Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing Calzada, Ruby (2015-08-20). "AFTI F-111". NASA. Archived...
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Boeing X-45 UCAV Boeing X-37 Advanced Technology Demonstrator Boeing Pelican ULTRA Boeing X-48 Blended Wing Body demonstrator X-53 Active Aeroelastic...
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Variable Wing had a fully flexible aerofoil. Variable-sweep wing Variable-incidence wing Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing Adaptive compliant wing Lukins...
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without aerial refueling. After Boeing won the initial contract in June 1946, the aircraft's design evolved from a straight-wing aircraft powered by six turboprop...
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McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet (redirect from Boeing F/A-18 Hornet)
Douglas CF-18 Hornet Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Boeing EA-18G Growler High Alpha Research Vehicle Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing Aircraft of comparable...
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List of experimental aircraft (section X-planes)
Boeing X-50 Dragonfly – Gyrodyne unmanned aerial vehicle Boeing X-51 Waverider – Mach 5+ scramjet missile demonstrator Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic...
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Retrieved 22 January 2024. Jordan, Holly (2006). "Active Aeroelastic Wing flight research vehicle receives X-53 designation". Wright-Patterson Air Force Base...
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Ian Reddington Gerry Miller, leader of the development of Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing Gerry Miller (educator) on National Broadband Task Force...
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High Alpha Research Vehicle (category Mid-wing aircraft)
aircraft List of military aircraft of the United States Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing Jenkins, Dennis R. (2000). F/A-18 Hornet: A Navy Success...
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space plane NASA X-43 (2004) (USA), scramjet powered demonstrator Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing (2006) (USA), modified F-18, wing warping demonstrator...
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X53 may refer to: Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing X53 Stirling–Kinross, a withdrawn bus route X53, a Jurassic Coaster route between Weymouth and Axminster...
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variable-sweep wing airplane to have ever flown as of 2020. A variable-sweep wing was selected as the winning design used by Boeing's entry in the FAA's...
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Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (redirect from Boeing F-22 Raptor)
The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is an American twin-engine, jet-powered, all-weather, supersonic stealth fighter aircraft. As a product of the United...
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Flaperon (category Aircraft wing design)
of a wing surface can change shape in flight to deflect air flow. The X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing is a NASA effort. The Adaptive Compliant Wing is a...
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p. 58. Jordan, Holly (December 11, 2006). "Active Aeroelastic Wing flight research vehicle receives X-53 designation". United States Air Force. Archived...
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Balls 8 (category Boeing B-52 Stratofortress)
NASA Boeing NB-52B mothership which was retired in 2004 after almost 50 years of flying service with NASA. The aircraft is famous for dropping the X-15...
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List of aircraft (Bf–Bo) (section Boeing)
Boeing X-37 Future-X Boeing X-40 Boeing X-43 Boeing X-45 Boeing X-46 Boeing X-48 Boeing X-50 Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing B & W Seaplane Boeing AXB...
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Stealth technology (redirect from Active cancellation)
are a military and commercial effort. The X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing was a US Air Force, Boeing, and NASA effort. In fluidics, fluid injection into airflows...
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(physics) Bob White (geophysicist) Body centred cubic metal Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing Bogdan Maglich Bogdanov Affair Bogoliubov transformation...
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are a military and commercial effort. The X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing was a US Air Force, NASA, and Boeing effort. Notable efforts have also been made...
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Fly-by-wire (section Airbus/Boeing)
fly-by-wire testbed operated by the U.S. Air Force was a Boeing B-47E Stratojet (Ser. No. 53-2280) The first pure electronic fly-by-wire aircraft with...
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Aileron (category Aircraft wing components)
The NASA version is the X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing while the United States Air Force tested the Adaptive Compliant Wing. Spoilers are devices that...
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Directorate initiated the X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing program in cooperation with NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center and Boeing Phantom Works to research...
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S. "Bob" Hagan ejecting successfully. 5 January Two Boeing B-47E Stratojets of the 44th Bomb Wing from Lake Charles AFB, Louisiana, collide over the Gulf...
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suffer from bending or aeroelasticity and even causing a reversal in the action of the flight controls. Stall behaviour of the swept wing was also poorly understood...
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for a lower-drag, higher wing aspect ratio and higher cabin pressurization; the competing Airbus A350, flown in 2013, is 53% carbon-fiber by structure...
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to be from severe torsional aeroelastic problems that led to all F-89Cs being grounded and returned to the factory for wing structural redesign. 1 September...
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