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Photo of the front part of an airplane in the center, with a concrete ground under, the cockpit is sitting on wood blocks, there are wires and panels through the part of the aircraft that is visible as well as behind the cockpit.

Boneyard Airplane Sees New Life as a NASA X-66 Simulator

The cockpit of an old MD-90 aircraft arrived at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, in March 2024. Parts will be used to build a simulator for NASA’s X-66, the demonstration aircraft for the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project.

Image Credit: NASA/Steve Freeman

TakenMarch 27, 2024

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Image CreditNASA/Steve Freeman

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PIA NumberAFRC2024-0045-02