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Photo Number: | ED95-43029-5 | |
Photo Date: | March 8, 1995 | |
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Formats: | 356x480 JPEG Image (35 KBytes) 760x1024 JPEG Image (206 KBytes) |
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Description: |
The nose of NASA's single-seat F-16XL, featuring a delta “cranked arrow" wing, offers a different perspective when viewed from above in a partially-lit hangar at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. The aircraft was most recently used in the Cranked-Arrow Wing Aerodynamics Project (CAWAP) to test boundary layer pressures and distribution. Previously it had been used in a program to investigate the characteristics of sonic booms for NASA's High Speed Research Program. Data from the program could be used in the development of a high speed civilian transport. During the series of sonic boom research flights, the F-16XL was used to probe the shock waves being generated by a NASA SR-71 and record their shape and intensity. |
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Keywords: | F-16XL Ship #1; single-seat; cranked arrow; CAWAP; boundary later; High Speed Research Program; sonic booms; SR-71 |
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