Experimental jet aircraft built to test new wings, controls and flight regimes, such as delta wings, swept and forward-swept wings, thrust vectoring and supersonic flight. An entry belongs here when the cited article calls the aircraft an experimental or research aircraft, prototype or technology demonstrator. It excludes rocket-powered research aircraft and military production types. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.
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Douglas X-3 Stiletto, Wikipedia
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The Douglas X-3 Stiletto is a 1950s United States experimental jet aircraft with a slender fuselage and a long tapered nose, manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
Grumman X-29 (Wikipedia)
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The Grumman X-29 is an American experimental aircraft designed to test a forward-swept wing, canard control surfaces, and other novel aircraft technologies.
Rockwell-MBB X-31 (Wikipedia)
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The Rockwell-Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm X-31 is an experimental jet aircraft designed to test fighter thrust vectoring technology.
Bristol Type 188, Wikipedia
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The Bristol Type 188 is a supersonic research aircraft designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Bristol Aeroplane Company.
Fairey Delta 2, Wikipedia
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is a British supersonic research aircraft that was produced by the Fairey Aviation Company in response to a specification from the Ministry of Supply for a specialised aircraft for conducting investigations into flight and control at transonic and supersonic speeds.
Martin Marietta X-24, Wikipedia
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The Martin Marietta X-24 is an American experimental aircraft developed from a joint United States Air Force-NASA program named PILOT (1963-1975).
North American X-10, Wikipedia
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The North American X-10 (originally designated RTV-A-5) is an unmanned technology demonstrator developed by North American Aviation.
Northrop X-4 Bantam (Wikipedia)
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The Northrop X-4 Bantam is a prototype small twinjet aircraft manufactured by Northrop Corporation in 1948.
Handley Page HP.115 (Wikipedia)
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The Handley Page HP.115 was an experimental delta wing aircraft designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Handley Page.
Convair XF-92, Wikipedia
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The Convair XF-92 (re-designated from XP-92 in 1948) is an American delta wing first-generation jet prototype.
Gloster E.28/39 (Wikipedia)
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was the first British turbojet-engined aircraft, first flying in 1941
Bell X-5, Wikipedia
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was the first aircraft capable of changing the sweep of its wings in flight
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