NASA-Boeing X-48B subscale Blended Wing Body aircraft

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NASA-Boeing X-48B subscale Blended Wing Body aircraft
NASA/Tony Landis

NASA's X-48B Hybrid-Wing Drone Soars on First Flight Tests

This closeup of Boeing Phantom Works' unique X-48B Blended Wing Body technology demonstrator shows off its unusual engine placement and super-critical airfoil on Aug. 14, 2007. (NASA/Tony Landis)

 

[Cestbon]

Is a toy or small scale prototype. Can you see the sensor mounting at the side of the wing almost as big as plane itself.

 

[zuoom]

that's like a couple of years back. they should be done with scale testing.

 

[Papsmearer]

That's wierd. I thought at first that it was taking off from Edwards Air Force Base/Ames Dryden runway, but than I saw the wrecked B-52 in the background. Could be Davis Monthan?