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MBB Rockwell X-31A
- Reg: 164585 photos
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- Airline: United States - US Navy (USN)
- Photo Date: Nov 22, 2013
- Uploaded: Dec 07, 2013
- Oberschleissheim - EDNX, Germany
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The X-31 is an experimental aircraft that was built for research and testing of new technologies with the aim of improving the manoeuvrability of fighter planes through thrust vectoring.. The a/c was built and tested under a German-American cooperative programme. Two a/c were built, this one being the second that was built in 1991. The first one crashed in1995 because of ice forming in the pitot tube, which caused the flight control system to malfunction (pilot survived). The test programme was continued with this second a/c, with the last flight carried out on April 29, 2003.
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The X-31 is an experimental aircraft that was built for research and testing of new technologies with the aim of improving the manoeuvrability of fighter planes through thrust vectoring.. The a/c was built and tested under a German-American cooperative programme. Two a/c were built, this one being the second that was built in 1991. The first one crashed in1995 because of ice forming in the pitot tube, which caused the flight control system to malfunction (pilot survived). The test programme was continued with this second a/c, with the last flight carried out on April 29, 2003.Camera
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- Reg: 164585 photos
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Aircraft:
MBB Rockwell X-31A
- Airline: United States - US Navy (USN)
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Oberschleissheim - EDNX
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