Flights of imagination; technology is changing the shape of planes to come

As the August sun burned off the morning fog at Grumman Corp.'s flight-test center in Calverton, N.Y., last week, a crowd of more than 1,000 gathered in a darkened hangar. With fanfare worthy of a Hollywood variety show, heavy black curtains drew aside to reveal the X-29, a slender, almost frag...

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Published in:Newsweek 1984-09, Vol.104 (11), p.72
Main Authors: Marbach, William D, Willenson, Kim
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Aeronautical research
Aircraft industry
Innovations
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Summary:As the August sun burned off the morning fog at Grumman Corp.'s flight-test center in Calverton, N.Y., last week, a crowd of more than 1,000 gathered in a darkened hangar. With fanfare worthy of a Hollywood variety show, heavy black curtains drew aside to reveal the X-29, a slender, almost fragile-looking plane with wings swept forward in a radical new aerodynamic design.
ISSN:0028-9604
1069-840X