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Abstract: Highly fuel-efficient aircraft designs with low-weight, high aspect ratio wings often suffer from an increased flutter sensitivity. Flutter is an undesired oscillation which becomes unstable ...
The Javelin’s early testing showed promise, but it also exposed just how unforgiving the aircraft could become when pushed ...
A testbed for future fuel-efficient transport and unmanned aircraft with slender, flexible wings has made its first flight at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Calif. The X-56A Multi-Utility ...
W.E.W. Petter hired World War II veteran Wing Commander R.P. Beamont as chief test pilot to ensure the Canberra met operational needs. Beamont demanded a functional cockpit and pushed the aircraft's ...