After being flown in the Paris Air Show, the X-3 was off-loaded from an Air Force Reserve C-5 transport after the ferry flight back to Edwards.
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After being flown in the Paris Air Show in June 1995, the X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability Technology Demonstrator Aircraft, based at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, was off-loaded from an Air Force Reserve C-5 transport after the ferry flight back to Edwards. At the air show, the X-31 demonstrated the value of using thrust vectoring (directing engine exhaust flow) coupled with advanced flight control systems to provide controlled flight at very high angles of attack.1995NASA / Tony Landis› X-31 Project Description