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NASA/Boeing X-36

The X-36 replaced the elevators, ailerons and rudders found on traditional aircraft with split ailerons and a thrust-vectoring nozzle for directional control. It also incorporated an advanced, digital fly-by-wire control system. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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NASA/Boeing X-36

NASA/Boeing X-36. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Grumman X-29A

The second X-29A performing a test flight in 1991. The smoke helps show the airflow over the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Grumman X-29A

Grumman X-29A. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Bensen X-25A

Bensen X-25A Gyrocopter. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Bensen X-25A Cockpit

The X-25A’s “cockpit.” The simple instrument panel displayed only essential information. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Ryan X-13

The museum’s X-13 making a test flight in 1957. The X-13 “landed” by hooking onto a cable at the top of the raised platform. This trailer-mounted platform could then be lowered to a horizontal position. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Ryan X-13

Contemporary illustration showing the transition from vertical to horizontal flight. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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North American X-10

The X-10 could be remotely controlled from the ground or another aircraft, or it could guide itself. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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North American X-10

The X-10 took off and landed on its own undercarriage and deployed a parachute to shorten its landing roll. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Bell X-5

The museum’s X-5 flying with its wings swept fully forward, which allowed it to take off and land in a shorter distance, land at a lower speed, and climb faster. With the wings swept back, it could fly faster. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Bell X-5

Time lapse photograph showing the X-5’s full 20-60 degree wing sweep range. This X-5 was destroyed in a crash in 1953. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Northrop X-4

Unlike most aircraft of its time, the X-4 did not have a horizontal tail. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Douglas X-3

Unlike the X-1 and X-2, which were released in mid-air from carrier aircraft, the X-3 operated in a more conventional manner by taking off from the ground. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Douglas X-3

The X-3’s fuselage was three times longer than the aircraft’s wingspan. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Bell X-1B

Ground test of the X-1B’s rocket engine. (NASA photo)
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Bell X-1B

The Bell X-1B underneath its B-29 carrier aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Avro Canada VZ-9AV Avrocar

Overhead view of the Avrocar. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Flying Saucers

Science fiction movies in the 1950s often featured “flying saucers” from Outer Space, and the circular shape of the Avrocar invited a comparison in the public’s mind.
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Northrop Tacit Blue

The Tacit Blue aircraft was nicknamed “The Whale” for its unusual shape. Also, the single engine intake on the top of the fuselage was reminiscent of a whale’s blowhole. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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