In a program conducted between 1979 and 1982, the NASA Dryden (now Armstrong) Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, successfully demonstrated an aircraft wing that can be pivoted obliquely from zero to 60 degrees during flight.
In a program conducted between 1979 and 1982, the NASA Dryden (now Armstrong) Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, successfully demonstrated an aircraft wing that can be pivoted obliquely from zero to 60 degrees during flight.
The program demonstrated the unique wing on a small subsonic jet-powered research aircraft called the AD-1 (Ames Dryden -1). The aircraft flew a total of 79 times (including flights by guest pilots and those to air shows) in a research program that evaluated the basic pivot wing concept and gathered information on handling qualities and aerodynamics at various speeds and degrees of pivot…Learn more
The AD-1 Oblique Wing is now on display at Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, California.