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X-48C Hybrid - Blended Wing Body Demonstrator
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X-48C Hybrid - Blended Wing Body Demonstrator

NASA / AFRC · 2013-02-28 · photograph (digital archive)

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Earth and sky met as the X-48C Hybrid Wing Body aircraft flew over Edwards Air Force Base on Feb. 28, 2013, from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA. The long boom protruding from between the tails is part of the aircraft's parachute-deployment flight termination system.

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DFRCDryden Flight Research CenterX-48C
Credit lineX-48C Hybrid - Blended Wing Body Demonstrator. NASA/AFRC, 2013-02-28. Public domain. ID: ED13-0057-24.
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