Navy researchers say they hit
Navy researchers say they hit a milestone with the X-31 Vector when a test pilot engaged the aircraft's extremely short takeoff and landing mode and performed the project's first ESTOL landing on a virtual runway 5,000 ft. in the air over NAS Patuxent River, Md. The thrust-vectoring X-31 is...
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