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X-48B Shows Off its Spin Parachute Tail Stinger
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X-48B Shows Off its Spin Parachute Tail Stinger

NASA / AFRC · 2006-10-24 · photograph (digital archive)

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With its spin parachute tail stinger extending aft, Boeing's sub-scale X-48B BWB technology demonstrator showed off its clean semi-triangular shape.

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Armstrong Flight Research CenterAFRCX-48B
Credit lineX-48B Shows Off its Spin Parachute Tail Stinger. NASA/AFRC, 2006-10-24. Public domain. ID: ED06-0198-06.
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