Websites and resources about Military - X-29 Forward Swept Wings
Aircraft Design Information Sources
Bibliography of resources.
http://www.aoe.vt.edu/Mason/ACiX29.html
Federation of American Scientists
Program history, photos, VRML 3D model, and information about the flight control system.
http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/x-29.htm
Grumman Memorial Park
Photo gallery.
http://www.grummanpark.org/aircraftpages/X-29.htm
Ninfinger Productions
Photo gallery.
http://www.ninfinger.org/~sven/models/x_planes/x29.html
SR-71 Online
X-29 photo gallery.
http://www.sr-71.org/photogallery/x-29/index.htm
Wright-Patterson AFB Museum
GRUMMAN X-29A on display at the USAF Museum in the Modern Flight Hangar.
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/modern_flight/mf36.htm
X-29
The X-29 explored the use of advanced composites in aircraft construction; variable camber wing surfaces; the unique forward-swept wing and its thin supercritical airfoil; strake flaps; close-coupled canards; and a computerized fly-by-wire flight control system.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/x-29.htm
X29 Project Summary
Project background, fact sheet and summary.
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Newsroom/FactSheets/FS-008-DFRC.html
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