A group of 1950s NACA research aircraft

As used here, an experimental or research and development aircraft, sometimes also called an X-plane, is one which is designed or substantially adapted to investigate novel flight technologies.[1][2][3]

Argentina

Australia

  • GAF Pika – manned test craft for drone program

Brazil

Canada

Canadair CL-84 Dynavert tilt-wing VTOL research aircraft

France

Breguet-Dorand Gyroplane Laboratoire
SNECMA Coléoptère experimental tailsitter in 1959

Germany

Dornier Do 29 tilt rotor STOL
Heinkel He 178 pioneering turbojet-powered aircraft
Opel RAK.1 rocket engine research aircraft

Italy

Caproni-Campini N.1/CC.2 experimental motorjet and second jet aircraft to fly

Poland

Japan

Gasuden Koken

Russia/Soviet Union

Antonov A-40 tank glider
Yakovlev Yak-36 VTOL research vehicle

Spain

Cierva C.6 autogiro

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Avro 707 research aircraft in formation with Avro Vulcan bomber prototypes
Fairey Delta 2 research aircraft
Gloster E.28/39 jet engine research aircraft
Miles M.35 Libellula canard research aircraft
Rolls-Royce thrust measuring rig VTOL testbed

United States

Bell X-1 supersonic research aircraft
Bell X-5 variable-sweep wing testbed
North American X-15 hypersonic rocket-powered research aircraft

X-planes

Grumman X-29 forward swept wing and stability research aircraft

Other experimental types

US Army Bell 533 high speed helicopter research aircraft
XFV-12A on ramp at NAA in Columbus, Ohio
Scaled Composites Proteus in flight during 2002 for US Department of Energy ARM-UAV program
Lockheed Vega Winnie Mae high-altitude research aircraft – confirmed existence of jet stream
Lifting body research aircraft – from left to right, X-24A, M2-F3 and HL-10
Northrop N-9M flying wing
Vought V-173 disk wing research aircraft

See also

References

  1. Hygate, Barrie. British Experimental Jet Aircraft. Argus. 1990.
  2. Suturtivant, Ray. British Research and Development Aircraft. Haynes. 1990.
  3. Burney, Allan (Editor). British X-planes: The Jet Era. Aeroplane Illustrated: Aviation Archive Series. Key Aero. 2015.
  4. "Dassault-Breguet/Dornier Alpha Jet A1 TST". Retrieved 12 Aug 2015.
  5. Axe, David. "One of These 'Bots Will Be the Navy's Next Killer Drone". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
  6. Gibbs, Yvonne (6 August 2015). "NASA Armstrong Fact Sheet: Lockheed JetStar Research Aircraft". NASA. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  7. Eckland, K.O. (2009-04-25). "Aerofiles Vought (Chance Vought), Lewis & Vought, Vought-Sikorsky". USA: Aerofiles.com. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
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