X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research AircraftThe tailless X-36 technology demonstrator research aircraft cruises over the California desert at low altitude during a 1997 research flight.The lack of a vertical tail on the X-36 technology demonstrator is evident as the remotely piloted aircraft flies a...The X-36 technology demonstrator shows off its distinctive shape as the remotely piloted aircraft flies a research mission over the...The NASA/McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC) X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft in its hangar at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center,...The NASA/McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC) X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft undergoes high-speed taxi tests on Rogers Dry Lake at...A Bell UH-1 helicopter lifts the X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft off the ground for radio frequency and telemetry...EC96-43784-12The NASA/McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC) X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft undergoes high-speed taxi tests on Rogers Dry Lake at...A Bell UH-1 helicopter lifts the X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft off the ground for radio frequency and telemetry...A UH-1 helicopter lowers the X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft to the ground after radio frequency and telemetry tests...Lit by the rays of the morning sunrise on Rogers Dry Lake, adjacent to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,...As the sun creeps above the horizon of Rogers Dry Lake at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, technicians...The X-36 remotely piloted aircraft lifted off on its first flight, May 17, 1997, at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center,...The remotely-piloted X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft climbed out from Rogers Dry Lake at the Dryden Flight Research Center...Lit by the rays of the morning sunrise on Rogers Dry Lake, adjacent to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,...Lit by the rays of the morning sunrise on Rogers Dry Lake, adjacent to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,...The remotely-piloted X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft lifts off from Rogers Dry Lake at the Dryden Flight Research Center...The NASA/McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC) X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft was steered to its hangar at NASA Dryden Flight...NASA and McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC) personnel steadied the X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft following arrival at NASA Dryden...NASA and McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC) personnel waited to attach a hoist to the X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft,...NASA and McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC) personnel removed protective covers from the newly arrived NASA/McDonnell Douglas Corporation X-36 Tailless Fighter...The unusual lines of the X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft contrasted sharply with the desert floor as the remotely-piloted...The unusual lines of the X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft contrast sharply with the desert floor as the remotely-piloted...This photo shows the X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft passing over the edge of Rogers Dry Lake as the...A collection of NASA's research aircraft on the ramp at the Dryden Flight Research Center in July 1997: X-31, F-15B,...The X-36 was a 28-percent sub-scale prototype of a theoretical advanced fighter aircraft designed to fly without the traditional tail...This look-down view of the X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft on the ramp at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center,...The unusual lines of the X-36 technology demonstrator contrast sharply with the desert floor as the remotely piloted aircraft scoots...The X-36 technology demonstrator shows off its distinctive shape as the remotely piloted aircraft flies a research mission over the...