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    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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    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 Boeing C-40 Clipper...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    specifications, with Boeing, Consolidated Aircraft, and Glenn L. Martin Company submitting proposals. On 5 June 1946, Boeing's Model 462, a straight-wing aircraft...
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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Dyna-Soar Boeing X-32 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...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    polymer were used for wing skins on the McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II, F/A-18 Hornet and Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit. Airbus and Boeing are the dominant...
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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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    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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    Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (category Mid-wing aircraft)
    The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is an American twin-engine all-weather stealth fighter aircraft developed and produced for the United States Air...
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    Aircraft (section Fixed-wing)
    "Ships of the Air" referring to Pan Am's Boeing Clipper flying-boat fleet. Michael Halloran and Sean O'Meara, Wing in Ground Effect Craft Review, DSTO, Australia...
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    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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  • 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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