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X-5: First Successful Variable-Geometry Aircraft

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Aug 26, 2013
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X-5: First Successful Variable-Geometry Aircraft
This NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station photograph of the X-5 was taken at Edwards Air Force Base in the mid 1950s. The photograph shows the aircraft in flight with the wings swept back.

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This NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station photograph of the X-5 was taken at Edwards Air Force Base in the mid 1950s. The photograph shows the aircraft in flight with the wings swept back.Circa 1957NASA Photo