Experimental Aircraft

EXPERIMENTAL
AIRCRAFT

Experimental aircraft accomplishments, pictures, sounds
and specifications plus a scale radio control airplane guide.

Experimental Aircraft:

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Canadian built experimental interceptor that never went into production due to politics: Avro Arrow

Concept experimental air tanker: A-10 Fire Hog

Experimental high speed rotorcraft with a rotor and pusher prop: AH-56 Cheyenne

Experimental aircraft recognized as the world's smallest jet: Bede BD-5J

Experimental aircraft nine-wing 100 seat seaplane: Caproni Ca.60

Experimental aircraft of the mid 1930's built for the purpose of setting altitude records: Caproni Ca.161

Drone experimental aircraft that set the world's piston powered engine altitude record: Boeing Condor

Experimental aircraft built to win long distance races: DGA-6 Mr. Mulligan

Experimental aircraft that won the Maidenhall England to Melbourne Australia race of 1934: DH.88

Experimental aircraft with the fuselage of a F-15A, the wings of a F/A-18 and canards with differential up front: F-15S/MTD

Experimental aircraft that has the fuselage of a F-16 and crank arrow wings: F-16 XL

Experimental fighter aircraft that was propelled with both a piston engine and a jet simultaneously: FR-1

With propellers both in the front and rear of the aircraft, it was one of the fastest experimental propeller driven aircraft of World War II: Do-335

Experimental bomber aircraft project designed by Japan to attack the U.S. mainland from long range: Nakajima G10N Fugaku

Experimental aircraft that set a world air speed record and a U.S. transcontinental speed record: Hughes H-1 Racer

Experimental aircraft recognized as the world's smallest helicopter: GEN H-4

Experimental aircraft with the longest wingspan of any airplane: Hughes H4 Spruce Goose

First successful experimental jet aircraft: Heinkel He-178

Japanese pusher prop powered canard experimental aircraft of World War II: J7W

Experimental pulse jet "parasite" fighter: Messerschmitt Me-328

Experimental aircraft Italian jet: Caproni Campini N1

Experimental aircraft U.S. fighter first flight: North American NA-73X

Experimental four wing fighter aircraft made to intercept Zeppelins: P.B.31E Nighthawk

Experimental U.S. stealth helicopter project cancelled after billions spent: RAH-66 Comanche

Experimental privately funded aircraft, first ever to reach space: SpaceShipOne

Experimental aircraft world's smallest biplane: Starr Bumble Bee

Experimental aircraft world's smallest airplane: Stits Baby Bird

Russia's extreme agility experimental demonstration fighter aircraft with thrust vectoring and forward swept wings: Su-47

Experimental racer aircraft that beat the best the military had to offer: Travel Air Mystery Ship

Experimental launch aircraft for SpaceShipOne: White Knight

Experimental aircraft that was the first to achieve supersonic speeds: Bell X-1

Experimental aircraft designed to investigate high speed supersonic flight: Bell X-2

Experimental aircraft investigating long distance supersonic flight: Douglas X-3

Experimental aircraft designed to investigate the advantages of flight without the use of a horizontal stabilizer of elevator: Northrop X-4

Experimental aircraft that tested variable sweep wings: Bell X-5

Proposed experimental aircraft, that never came to fruition, to test nuclear powered aircraft engines: Convair X-6

Experimental aircraft testing ramjet engine technology for missiles: Lockheed X-7

Experimental rocket launching low earth orbit satellites: Aerojet General X-8

Experimental anti-aircraft missile: Bell X-9

Experimental long range missile launched from the ground to be used against surface targets: North American X-10

Experimental test bed for the Atlas missile: Convair X-11

Experimental test bed for the Atlas B two stage missile: Convair X-12

Experimental aircraft to test the concept of vertical take off and landing by a jet: Ryan X-13

First experimental aircraft testing thrust vectoring jet engines: Bell X-14

Fastest ever manned experimental aircraft: North American X-15

Concept experimental aircraft to test observation from the upper atmosphere, but never built: Bell X-16

Rocket powered experimental aircraft built to test the thermodynamics of vehicles entering the earth's atomsphere at high speeds: Lockheed X-17

Tilt wing experimental aircraft that lead to important discoveries about the transition from vertical to horizontal flight: Hiller X-18

Experimental aircraft with tilt rotors that had two propellers driven by a single engine: Curtiss Wright X-19

Predecessor to the space shuttle, a non-flying proof of concept design: Boeing X-20

Test aircraft for wing planforms which increased lift and lessened drag: Northrop X-21

Tilt rotor experimental aircraft testing the concept of ducted fans: Bell X-22

Experimental aircraft designed to test the concept of long distance maneuverability while re-entering the earth's atmosphere: Martin Marietta X-23

Experimental aircraft used to test the concept of the aircraft's fuselage to generate lift, particularly when re-entering the earth's atmosphere: Martin Marietta X-24

Experimental aircraft that was basically a rotor controlled ejection seat designed to allow for increased maneuverability over parachutes for emergency aircraft ejection. It was never built: Benson X-25

Experimental motor glider testing the concepts of use as a trainer before proceeding to high performance jet aircraft: Schweizer X-26

Experimental aircraft, never completed, that was intended to be a test bed for high performance turbojet engines: Lockheed X-27

Experimental single seat seaplane that the U.S. Navy evaluated as a patrol aircraft: Osprey X-28

Unique experimental modern day jet aircraft: X-29

Concept space vehicle using a single stage to achieve low earth orbit somewhat resembling today's SpaceShip One: Rockwell X-30

Experimental aircraft testing the advantages of jet thrust vectoring: Rockwell X-31

Competitor in the joint strike fighter program with what was to become the F-35: Boeing X-32

Lifting body design single stage orbital vehicle experimental aircraft: Lockheed X-33

Drone reusable single state launch vehicle experimental aircraft: Orbital Sciences X-34

Experimental aircraft that became the F-35 JSF: Lockheed X-35

Experimental radio control drone 28% scale aircraft used to test the flight characteristics of aircraft without vertical stabilizers and rudders: McDonnell Douglas X-36

Experimental reusable drone aircraft used to test high speed orbital re-entry technologies: Boeing X-37

Experimental aircraft to evaluate its practicality for bringing back crews from orbiting space stations: NASA X-38

Experimental drone re-entry vehicle test platform for manned reusable re-entry vehicles: Boeing X-40

Fastest successful "air breathing engine" drone experimental aircraft: NASA X-43A Scramjet

Experimental stealth aircraft without rudders, elevators, or ailerons, to be guided by thrust vectoring, dropped due to lack of funding: Lockheed Martin X-44

Scaled down drone stealthy aircraft to be used for combat missions: Boeing X-45

Stealthy full scale drone attack experimental aircraft for ship-board use by the U.S. Navy: Northrop Grumman X-47

Fastest single engine experimental turboprop aircraft: XA2D Skyshark

Experimental flying wing bomber: Northrop XB-35

Experimental bomber that combined jet and turboprop power: Boeing XB-47D

One of the largest and fastest experimental bomber aircraft ever to fly: XB-70 Valkyrie

Experimental aircraft that was first ever U.S.N. pure jet to land on an aircraft carrier: XFD-1 Phantom

Experimental aircraft that was the first ever to take off and land on its tail vertically: XFY Pogo

One of the most unusual-looking experimental aircraft to ever fly: XF5U

Experimental aircraft used two Mustang fuselages and a new wing to make a new fighter aircraft: XF-82

Experimental turboprop aircraft so loud it was nicknamed "Thunderscreech": Republic XF-84H

Tiny experimental jet fighter with wings which folded to a five foot length: XF-85 Goblin

Experimental U.S. jet fighter with it's air intake located on top of the fuselage: XF-107

One of the largest aircraft of its time and the first U.S. six engine experimental strategic bomber: Witteman Lewis XNBL-1

Experimental aircraft that pushed the ultimate limits of piston fighter development: XP-72 Super Thunderbolt

Experimental cargo aircraft that never went into production due to lack of funding: Boeing YC-14