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Flight test files: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird – Managing the expansion of the titanium skin

NASA used the SR-71 Blackbird in the 1990s to study high-speed flight, propulsion, sonic booms and hypersonic technologies at ...
Flightglobal

Jekta to begin flight testing scale model of hydrogen-electric amphibian

Swiss start-up Jekta plans next month to begin flight testing a scale model of the amphibious hydrogen-electric passenger aircraft it aims to bring to market next decade. The company released images ...
The Aviationist

Model 437 Vanguard Integrated with Beacon Autonomous Testbed Ecosystem

Scaled Composites has announced the next stage of the partnership with its parent company Northrop Grumman for the Model 437 Vanguard aircraft as part of the latter’s “Beacon autonomous testbed ...
FLYING Magazine

U.K.’s eVTOL Air Taxi Leader Just Hit a Major Flight Test Milestone

Vertical test pilot Paul Stone was at the controls of the prototype for the flight on Thursday at Vertical’s test center at ...
Aviation Week

Atropos Reveals Subscale Test Model Of Tacit Spear Airlifter

The Atropos Group has completed a subscale flight-test model of the autonomous Tacit Spear cargo aircraft within six months of launching the company. A photo released to Aviation Week presents the ...