Douglas X-3 Stiletto test flight - video

[Altair]

Built in 1952 by the Douglas Aircraft Company, the X-3 Stiletto was an experimental jet aircraft developed to test the feasibility of low-aspect ratio wings and the large-scale use of titanium in aircraft structures.

More:

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstro...-077-DFRC.html


Previously:

Bell X-1 drop launch from a Boeing B-29 Superfortress - video
Shuttle carrier aircraft piggybacking the space shuttle Endeavor - video
Pivoting wing NASA airplane - GIF and video

[ranald]

doubt if there were many runways long enough to exploit its advantages.