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X-48B Blended Wing Body Records 50th Test Flight

X-48B Blended Wing Body Records 50th Test Flight
Boeing's X-48B subscale Blended Wing Body aircraft completed its 50th test flight in early April 2009 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center.

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Boeing’s X-48B subscale Blended Wing Body aircraft completed its 50th test flight in early April 2009 at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center. Flight tests began in July 2007. The 8.5 percent scale, remotely piloted X-48B was a cross between a conventional aircraft and a flying wing design.April 2, 2009
NASA Photo / Carla Thomas