X-31A conducts last ESTOL flight at Pax River
Marine Corps Maj. Cody Allee made the last flight of the thrust-vectored X-31A aircraft at approximately 5:30 p.m. April 29 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. Allee completed an automated landing at 24 degrees angle of attack and 121 knots - a 31 percent reduction from the aircraft's normal...
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