X-31A program drawing to close after successful ESTOL landing

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - After achieving the world's first computer-controlled extremely short takeoff and landing (ESTOL) maneuver on a runway April 22, the X-31A experimental test flight program is drawing to a close at Naval Air Station Patuxent River. During an ESTOL landing, the aircraft...

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