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...ed a variety of concepts, designs and research projects from 1958, but was cancelled as impractical in 1963.<ref name="Hallion" /> ...970 for a total development cost of only $5 billion. [[Boeing]], [[Douglas Aircraft|Douglas]], [[Convair]], [[Lockheed Corporation|Lockheed]], [[Goodyear Tire ...

[[File:Convair X-6-4.png|thumb|right|NB-36H with its escort aircraft, a Boeing B-50 (48-058)|333x333px]] ...t to develop and evaluate a [[Nuclear-powered aircraft|nuclear-powered jet aircraft]]. ...

...he project designation changed to XFV-1 when the [[1922 United States Navy aircraft designation system|Navy's code]] for Lockheed was changed from O to V.<ref ...Winchester 2005, p. 135.</ref> Lockheed employees derisively nicknamed the aircraft the "[[pogo stick]]" (a direct reference to the rival [[Convair XFY]]'s nam ...

...craft.com/page/about-us|title=About Slick Aircraft|date=2020|website=Slick Aircraft|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201203146/http ...lore the option of producing a locally designed and manufactured aerobatic aircraft. ...

...14498-9 |language=ru}}</ref> In the 1930s he worked on the testing various aircraft and new systems, such as the [[RS-82 (rocket family)|RS-82]].<ref>{{Cite bo ...aster than contemporary Soviet [[Piston-Engines|piston-engined]] propeller aircraft.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Hendrickx |first1=Bart |url=https://books.google.co ...

{{About|aircraft nuclear propulsion|the US Air Force program|Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion|the crystallographic feature known as an atomic plane|cr [[File:NB-36H with B-50, 1955 - DF-SC-83-09332.jpeg|thumb|right|The only US aircraft to carry a nuclear reactor was the [[Convair NB-36H|NB-36H]]. The reactor w ...

...ed States Department of Defense aerospace vehicle designation|US system of aircraft designations]], which denotes the experimental research mission. ...ve been designated as X-planes; some received [[List of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962)|US Navy designations]] before 1962, while others ha ...

{{Short description|Aircraft with combined electric and combustion propulsion}} ...wertrain may effectively increase flight range compared to pure [[electric aircraft]].<!--see IEEE1jun2018--> ...

...art.jpg|thumb|300px|A rendering of the [[US Air Force]] blended wing body aircraft project]] ...which has no distinct [[wing]]s. A BWB design may or may not be [[Tailless aircraft|tailless]]. ...

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{{Short description|Proposed bomber aircraft for the U.S. Air Force derived from the F-22 Raptor}} ...of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft]]. Please see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content]] for recommended layout, and guidelines. --> ...

{{short description|Aircraft takeoff and landing done vertically}} ...Laskowitz|first=I. B.|title=Vertical Take-Off and Landing (Vtol) Rotorless Aircraft with Inherent Stability |date=1961|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-663 ...

[[File:Royal Air Force (RAF) E-3D Sentry AEW1 (airborne early warning) aircraft, registration ZH106, taking part in Exercise Taurus Mountain 3, in the skie ...AEW&C systems can be detected and targeted by opposing forces, but due to aircraft mobility and extended sensor range, they are much less vulnerable to counte ...

...River]] in [[Batemans Bay]] would be moved to Willinga Park to avoid being cancelled after the Eurobodalla Shire Council and event organisers were unable to com ...itiative which donates 0.1 per cent of the sale price of all properties to projects that address the shortage of social and affordable housing in the ACT.<ref> ...

{{Short description|Jet-powered executive transport aircraft}} ...gned for faster [[air travel]] and more personal comfort than [[commercial aircraft]], and may be adapted for other roles, such as [[casualty evacuation]] or e ...

...quired the site in 1955, primarily for flight testing the [[Lockheed U-2]] aircraft. ...AQUATONE: the development of the [[Lockheed U-2]] strategic reconnaissance aircraft. Project director [[Richard M. Bissell Jr.]] understood that the flight tes ...

| occupation = Aircraft designer | known_for = Founding of [[Sikorsky Aircraft]]; first successful mass-produced [[helicopter]], the [[Sikorsky R-4]] ...

{{short description|Airborne early warning and control aircraft based on the Constellation airframe}} ...of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft]]. Please see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content]] for recommended layout. --> ...

...for commercial and military |url=https://idstch.com/geopolitics/hypersonic-aircraft-race-for-commercial-and-military/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Internat ...rce Major [[Robert Michael White|Robert White]] flew the [[X-15]] research aircraft at speeds over Mach 6.<ref>{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Robert |title=Ac ...

| ImageFile = Aircraft being fueled by tanker.jpg ...reviated '''avtur''') is a type of [[aviation fuel]] designed for use in [[aircraft]] powered by [[Gas turbine|gas-turbine engines]]. It is colorless to straw- ...