experimental aircraft
C6075
concept
An experimental aircraft is a prototype or testbed airplane designed and operated to evaluate new aerodynamic concepts, materials, systems, or technologies outside standard certified production models.
Aliases (2)
- aircraft prototype ×1
- electric aircraft ×1
Instances (28)
- Bell X-1
- Bell X-2
- Bell X-5
- Douglas X-3 Stiletto
- North American X-15
- Northrop X-4 Bantam
- Northrop X-21
- Grumman X-29
- Rockwell-MBB X-31
- Boeing X-32
- Lockheed Martin X-35
- Boeing X-45
- Boeing X-48
- NASA X-57 Maxwell
- X-59 QueSST
- Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky
- Hawker P.1127
- DFS 194
- Mitsubishi J8M
- Model 318 White Knight
- GlobalFlyer
- Proteus
- Stratolaunch carrier aircraft
- Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer
- Model 281 Proteus
- Rutan Voyager