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Ames Research Center AD-1
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Ames Research Center AD-1

1979 experimental aircraft by NASA, Burt Rutan and Ames

1Units built

Overview

The NASA AD-1 is both an aircraft and an associated flight test program conducted between 1979 and 1982 at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards California, which successfully demonstrated an aircraft wing that could be pivoted obliquely from zero to 60 degrees during flight.

Specifications

Figures are compiled from public sources and may be approximate; they can vary by variant and configuration.

Photos

Photo 1: NASA / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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