Cranfield Aerospace technician Ian Brooks checked the air data probe on the X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body technology demonstrator before its first flight from the bed of Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base on Aug. 7, 2012.
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Cranfield Aerospace technician Ian Brooks checked the air data probe on the X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body technology demonstrator before its first flight from the bed of Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base on Aug. 7, 2012. Roughly triangular in planform, the sub-scale research aircraft was designed to fly like a much larger cargo or transport aircraft that could be 20 to 30 percent more efficient than conventional fuselage and wing designs.August 7, 2012
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