Boeing Phantom Works X-48C Ready for Test flight

NASA Logo on Boeing X-48C

Boeing X-48C over NASA-Dryden Facility, February 2013

Boeing Phantom Works X-48C Ready for Test flight

Boeing Phantom Works X-48C Blended Wing Body (BWB)

Boeing X-48C Bank Turn^ February 2013

Boeing X-48C Blended Wing Body Takes off from Dry Lakebed

Boeing X-48C Test flight^ February 2013

Boeing X-48C Blended Wing Body Takes off

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Boeing Phantom Works X-48C Ready for Test flight

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A modified Boeing Blended Wing Body research aircraft, designated the X-48C, flew for the first time August 7, 2012, at NASA’s Dryden flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The remotely piloted X-48C aircraft took off at 7:56 a.m. Pacific time and climbed to an altitude of 5,500 feet (1,670 meters) before landing nine minutes later.

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