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Quiet Spike Project
Test engineer Mark D'Aprile checks out a small, needle-nosed model of a supersonic jet concept, mounted in the Langley Unitary Wind Tunnel.
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NASA Works to Reduce Air Travel Delays
Almost anybody who has traveled on a plane lately would probably agree flying isn't what it used to be..
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NASA Aviation Pioneer Richard Whitcomb Honored
Richard Whitcomb's intellectual fingerprints are on virtually every commercial aircraft flying today, says noted aviation historian Tom Crouch.
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NASA Lightning Research on ABC News 20/20
NASA's Bruce Fisher flew in a plane that was struck by lightning more than 700 times ... on purpose.
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Time Magazine: X-48B One of Year's Top Inventions
Time Magazine hailed the X-48B Blended Wing Body aircraft for its innovative design and potential to transform air transportation.
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X-48B Test Flight Highlights
This 10-minute video highlights July 2007 flight tests of the X-48B "Skyray 48" at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center.
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NASA Supersonic Passenger Jet Research
The retirement of the Concorde four years ago meant the end of supersonic passenger jets. NASA is working to change that.
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Oshkosh 2007
Pictures from NASA's exhibits at EAA AirVenture 2007.
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Flying Wing Design Tested
A small-scale NASA model of a Boeing flying wing concept has just finished testing at the U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center.
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Wind Tunnel Tests Help Engineers Go With the Flow
Engineers in Tennessee are contributing to NASA's efforts to understand how air flows over vehicles at hypersonic speeds.
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