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X-48C Begins New Flight Test Phase

X-48C Begins New Flight Test Phase
The X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body technology demonstrator lifted into the skies after taking off from the bed of Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base on its first test flight on Aug. 7, 2012.

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The X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body technology demonstrator lifted into the skies after taking off from the bed of Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base on its first test flight on Aug. 7, 2012. The sub-scale technology demonstrator, modified from the prior X-48B configuration, began a new flight test phase in a partnership between NASA and The Boeing Company’s Phantom Works research and technology division.August 7, 2012
NASA / Carla Thomas
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