X-48 Blended Wing BodyNASA engineer Gary Cosentino communicates with fellow X-48B flight team personnel in preparation for another flight.A joint NASA/Boeing team completed the first phase of flight tests on the unique X-48B Blended Wing Body aircraft at...NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's T-34 support aircraft provided safety chase for the joint NASA/Boeing X-48B.A joint NASA/Boeing team completed the first phase of flight tests on the unique X-48B Blended Wing Body aircraft at...NASA Dryden engineer Gary Cosentino prepares the X-48B for flight.Boeing's colorful X-48B Blended Wing Body technology demonstrator showed off its unique triangular lines while parked on Rogers Dry Lake...Boeing's sub-scale X-48B Blended Wing Body technology demonstrator showed off its unique lines on the vast expanse of Rogers Dry...This closeup of Boeing Phantom Works' unique X-48B Blended Wing Body technology demonstrator shows off its unusual engine placement and...With its spin parachute tail stinger extending aft, Boeing's sub-scale X-48B BWB technology demonstrator showed off its clean semi-triangular shape.The unique manta-ray shaped planform of the Blended Wing Body X-48B is evidenced as the subscale demonstrator soars over Edwards...X-48B blended wing body aircraft during first flight on July 20, 2007.The unique X-48B Blended Wing Body subscale demonstrator banked over desert scrub at Edwards AFB during the aircraft's fifth test...Boeing Phantom Works' subscale Blended Wing Body technology demonstration aircraft began its initial flight tests from NASA's Dryden Flight Research...Boeing's sub-scale X-48B Blended Wing Body aircraft flies over the edge of Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base...Making a nice landing, the X-48B Blended Wing Body research aircraft team ends another successful Block 2 flight.The X-48B Blended Wing Body research aircraft banked smartly in this Block 2 flight phase image.Boeing's X-48B Blended Wing Body technology demonstrator shows off its unique lines at sunset on Rogers Dry Lake adjacent to...This rear-quarter view shows off the unique lines of Boeing's X-48B Blended Wing Body technology demonstrator on Rogers Dry Lake...Boeing's X-48B Blended Wing Body technology demonstrator shows off its unique lines at sunset on Rogers Dry Lake adjacent to...A pristine blue sky backdrops the X-48B Blended Wing Body aircraft during the aircraft's first flight July 20, 2007, from...The X-48C Hybrid Wing Body research aircraft banked right over NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, CA during one...The NASA-Boeing X-48C Hybrid/Blended Wing Body research aircraft banked left during one of its final test flights over Edwards Air...A deep blue sky was a backdrop for the NASA-Boeing X-48C Hybrid Wing Body aircraft as it flew over Edwards...NASA X-48C Hybrid Wing Body aircraft flew over one of the runways laid out on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards...The X-48C Hybrid Wing Body research aircraft flew over the intersection of several runways adjacent to the compass rose on...The X-48C Hybrid Wing Body aircraft flew over Rogers Dry Lake on Feb. 28, 2013, from NASA's Dryden Flight Research...The manta ray-like shape of the X-48C Hybrid Wing Body aircraft was obvious in this underside view as it flew...Earth and sky met as the X-48C Hybrid Wing Body aircraft flew over Edwards Air Force Base on Feb. 28,...A NASA/Boeing team completed the first phase of flight tests on the unique X-48B Blended Wing Body aircraft.Cranfield Aerospace Ltd technician Ian Brooks prepares the X-48B for flight.Cranfield Aerospace Limited technician Ian Brooks prepares the X-48B for flight.Members of the Boeing, Cranfield Aerospace, and NASA Dryden flight test project team gathered around the subscale X-48B Blended Wing...Boeing's X-48B subscale Blended Wing Body aircraft completed its 50th test flight in early April 2009 at NASA's Dryden Flight...Researchers at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA, tested the a 21-foot wingspan 8.5 percent scale prototype of a...Researchers at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA, tested the a 21-foot wingspan 8.5 percent scale prototype of a...Cranfield Aerospace technician Ian Brooks checked the air data probe on the X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body technology demonstrator...Two 89-pound-thrust turbojet engines housed in larger nacelles were one of the major modifications in the "C" version of the...Now modified with two higher-thrust turbojets in place of the original three, an extended rear deck, and its vertical tails...The remotely operated X-48C Blended Wing Body aircraft lifted off Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on...The X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body technology demonstrator lifted into the skies after taking off from the bed of...
