With landing gear and flaps down, NASA Dryden's Active Aeroelastic Wing F/A-18A research aircraft rolled toward final approach to the Edwards Air Force Base runway at the end of a test flight.
NASA/Jim Ross
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With landing gear and flaps down, NASA Dryden’s Active Aeroelastic Wing F/A-18A research aircraft rolled toward final approach to the Edwards Air Force Base runway at the end of a test flight. The X-53 designation was bestowed on the project by the USAF/DARPA group at Wright-Patterson AFB after the success of the project.› Read Project DescriptionFebruary 7, 2003
NASA Photo / Jim Ross