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The F-16XL’s Cranked-Arrow Wing: What NASA Discovered and the Air Force Missed
What if one design breakthrough were to double the range and payload of a fighter, and make it more maneuverable than its ...
Supersonic flight: Will passengers ever break the sound barrier again?
Boom Supersonic says its production plane, known as Overture, will fly at 60,000 feet, the same as Concorde. The speed, Mach ...
Why did Concorde stop flying? And could it make a comeback?
US aerospace firm wants to accept passengers by the end of 2029. But what was Concorde, its famous supersonic plane ...
National Security Journal on MSN17h
The Air Force’s F-16XL ‘Cranked-Arrow’ Fighter Summed Up in 4 Words
The F-16XL was a radical, experimental variant of the iconic F-16, featuring a massive “cranked-arrow” delta wing. -This innovative design gave it double the wing area, allowing it to carry twice the ...