There’s no airplane quite like the Grumman X-29. Its astonishing forward-swept wings were just one of its many bold innovations. Created at the height of the Cold War by a conglomerate of giants ...

NASA's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator full-scale single-aisle research plane ... thin wings for soaring at high speeds. It's the albatross wing that comes the closest to that of the X-66A ...

“That’s what the X means.” The plane’s most noticeable feature is its long, skinny trussed-braced wings, which are designed to create less drag as they move through the air while giving ...

In the case of the X-66A, the X-plane status recognizes the design's Transonic Truss-Braced Wing configuration that, in combination with advancements in propulsion systems, and materials ...

In a recent flight, I had a nice view of the wing. It's pretty cool to realize how much the wing oscillates—especially when the aircraft enters ... If I tilt the x-axis just a little bit ...

Based on a heavily modified McDonnell Douglas MD-90, the X-66 was intended to demonstrate a truss-braced version of the thin wing at full scale. The experimental aircraft formed the flagship of ...