The Bell X-5 was the first aircraft capable of changing the sweep of its wings in flight, a pioneering technology…
Goal is to develop and fly a demonstrator aircraft without using external mechanical flight controls Note: The following is a…
Background This sampling of newly released saucer-type aircraft documents contain detailed technical data and drawings related to the work undertaken…
The X-20 Dyna-Soar ("Dynamic Soarer") was a United States Air Force (USAF) program to develop a spaceplane that could be…
Background Project Silver Bug was the American "Black" project version of the Avro Aircraft Canada Y-2 undertaken by the United…
Introduction The NASA AD-1 was both an aircraft and an associated flight test program conducted between 1979 and 1982 at…
The VZ-9-AV Avrocar (official designation but often listed as VZ-9) was a Canadian VTOL aircraft developed by Avro Aircraft Ltd.…