Largely forgotten, the X-44 MANTA (Multi-Axis No-Tail Aircraft) was an ambitious concept in the late 1990s by Lockheed Martin ...

On this day in aviation history, February 19, 1957, the Bell X-14 made its first flight. This aircraft, capable of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and assembled from readily available components ...

NASA is in the final stages of testing its X-59 plane for supersonic flight. ... which gives an aircraft the thrust it needs to reach supersonic speeds of over some 767 mph.

Home/Aircraft/History's Unique Aircraft/ How NASA’s ... General Electric J85 turbojet engines—as used in the Cessna A-37 Dragonfly—that produced a total of 6,000 pounds of thrust.

Since it already powers the aircraft’s components (but only just, as the most power an engine gives to electricity is 5 percent, in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner), NASA is looking at pulling “more ...

NASA plans to take that ratio much further, to as much as 15. Doing so would mean less fuel is needed for the plane to operate, thrust levels remain the same, and everyone is happy.

With a delta wing, jet engine, fixed gear, wooden structure, and less thrust than a Cessna 172, the bizarre combination of specifications is shared with no other aircraft. Tuesday, January 7, 2025 ...

It's just that eVTOL aircraft need a lot more thrust for a powered lift takeoff than an eCTOL or eSTOL, and must be controllable in vertical flight, hover and transitions. And that is the hardest ...

NASA is getting ready to fly two planes over mid-Atlantic states and parts of California, where they will be carrying out special maneuvers at a close distance while collecting valuable data about our ...