The Grumman X-29 is an American experimental aircraft that tested a forward-swept wing, canard control surfaces, and other novel aircraft technologies. Funded by NASA, the United States Air …

2015年11月5日 · Two X-29 aircraft, featuring one of the more unusual designs in aviation history, were flown at NASA Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility (now Armstrong Flight Research …

2019年7月13日 · Created at the height of the Cold War by a conglomerate of giants – NASA, the US Air Force, the “men in black” at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency …

The December 14, 1984, test flight of the X-29—the most aerodynamically unstable aircraft ever built—demonstrated forward-swept wing technology for supersonic fighter aircraft for the first …

2016年2月10日 · On Dec. 13, 1985, the X-29 became the first forward-swept-wing airplane in the world to exceed Mach 1 in level flight, and flight results showed that a highly unstable aircraft …

In 1985 the X-29A on display became the world's first forward-swept aircraft to fly supersonically. The X-29A program explored cutting-edge aircraft design features, including forward-swept …

2014年2月14日 · One of the strangest looking airplanes ever flown in modern times, its extraordinary story is told in “Sweeping Forward: Developing and Flight Testing the Grumman …

2023年11月19日 · Without flying a single combat mission, the X-29 has become a part of military aviation history for its bold development of new technologies, some of which informed the …

2000年2月3日 · The concepts and technologies the fighter-size X-29 explored were the use of advanced composites in aircraft construction; variable camber wing surfaces; the unique …

2023年2月16日 · In December 1981 Grumman was selected as project lead and granted 87 million dollars to produce 2 prototypes. On August 27th 1984 the X-29 was officially unveiled in …