NASA X-29

Here is the X-29 technology demonstrator during a 1990 test flight. The X-29 was flown by NASA's Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility later redesignated the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. In a joint NASA-Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-Air Force program to investigate the unique design's high-angle-of-attack characteristics and its military utility. Tufts of cloth attached to the surface of the aircraft to visually study the flow of air over the aircraft. This aircraft was flown at Dryden from May 1989 until August 1992. #x29 #usaf #nasa #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation #boneyardsafari