The X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability Technology Demonstrator Aircraft was secured inside the fuselage of an Air Force Reserve C-5 transport.
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The X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability Technology Demonstrator Aircraft, based at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, was secured inside the fuselage of an Air Force Reserve C-5 transport. The C-5 was used to ferry the X-31 from Europe back to Edwards, after being flown in the Paris Air Show in June 1995. The X-31’s right wing, removed so the aircraft could fit inside the C-5, was in the shipping container in the foreground. 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