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X Planes or Experimental Aircraft,  Black projects.

These planes usually start out as  Black Projects, experimental airplane designs that are above top secret.  These planes are so secret that even most of the top military officials and possibly even the president don't know about them.  Money for these projects is secretly siphoned from other projects to keep spy's from finding out the true experimental budget.  Other aircraft in the X Plane projects like the X-1, X-2 and X-15 are highly publicized.  These planes are usually funded by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration).  This page contains as many models that I could find showing the progression of the technology through the years giving you a great study guide by just looking at these models and reading their descriptions. 

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Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor
Air Force Legends Vol. 210
Steve Pace. 
Softbound Book
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Book covers the post-WWII Secret Project Number MX-809 - the project created to develop a very high speed, very high altitude daytime interceptor  pursuit airplane capable of "meeting and defeating any strategic bomber aircraft that  any potential adversary might produce." This is a fascinating and close-up look at  the technologies developed to, simply put, defend U.S. air space. 48 pgs., 85 B&W photos, 8½"x 11", sfbd.
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X-1 1/32 Model 
Autographed by Chuck Yeager
Pre Built Mahogany Model

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"Glamorous Glennis" autographed by Chuck Yeager himself!
Made of Philippine  mahogany, this 1/32 scale model measures 11" in length and has a wingspan of 9½".  Hand painted and detailed, model comes ready to display on the included mahogany base.
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X-3 Stilleto 1/48 Kit
Plastic Model Kit
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The X-3 was built by Douglas to explore the design features required for sustained  supersonic speeds. This detailed plastic kit includes accurate decals and display stand, and is approximately 5½" in length. Assembly required.
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X-3 Stiletto 1/32 Model
Pre Built Model Airplane
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The twin-turbojet X-3, the only one built, was designed to test features of an  aircraft suitable for sustained flights at supersonic speeds and high altitudes, as well as to investigate the use of new materials such as titanium and to explore new  construction techniques. Made of Philippine mahogany, this 1/32 scale model  measures 25¼" in length and has a wingspan of 8½". Hand painted and detailed,  model comes ready to display on the included mahogany base.
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X-15 1/48 Model
Pre Built Mahogany Model
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Made of Philippine mahogany, this 1/48 scale model measures 13" in length and has a  wingspan of 5 ½". Hand painted and detailed, model comes ready to display on the  included mahogany base.
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YB-49A Flying Wing 1/100 Model
Pre Built Mahogany Model
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Made of Philippine mahogany, this 1/100 scale model measures 6" in length and has a wingspan of 21". Hand painted and detailed, model comes ready to display on the  included mahogany base.
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Convair XFY-1 Pogo 1/48 Kit 
Plastic Model Kit
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This detailed plastic kit allows you to do much more than just read about the Pogo -  now you can actually build one! (Book on Pogo available as item #1634). Kit  measures approximately 8¾" in length with a nearly 6½" wingspan. Assembly  required.
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XB-70 Valkrye 1/180 Kit
Plastic Model Kit
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Detailed plastic kit of this exotic bomber is a large 12¾" in length with a 7" wingspan.  Assembly required. ]

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Webmasters Note:  There were only two of these aircraft ever made.  One is now in the Wright Patterson Airforce Base, the other crashed while on a photo shoot.  When an F-104 Starfighter came close to the XB-70, it apparently got caught in a wingtip vortex, Look magazine said it did a cartwheel, then tore the tail off of the XB-70.  The XB-70 lost control and crashed killing all of the crew.  The article appeared in the Look Magazine sometime in the 1960's.  This plane was called the Billion Dollar Baby and so was the title of the article.

Jeff, Stew Stewart here and just wanted to say that photo . and the info on the XB70 was of intrest to me as in 1950 I was stationed in El Centro Calif. I in the Navy and Alvin White was at that time Capt. in the Air force in a combined Testing program. He later be came the test pilot for the XB70 and he did survive the crash and I had the pleasure of flying with him many times!! He now resides in Denver at my last contact. Thanks, 
Stew Stewart

Letter from a viewer:  You have a very interesting website, but I believe you are mistaken in yournote on the XB-70.  The surviving example is at Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH.  I recently saw this aircraft in person and it iseven more awesomethan I imagined!  I researched the XB-70 at the Smithsonian, and although I found very few references to it, it appears that there is a 6'  wind-test model there.
Thanks for your time.

Steve Freeze
Member Data Services, Inc.
7820 Innovation Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46278

12-26-2001
One other thing should be cleared up concerning the paragraph written 
about the XB-70 . One crewmember was able to engage his clamshell excape pod that comprised the seat that he used in the pilots position. His fellow pilot had difficulty with his pod and did not successfully excape. The surviving pilot sadly resigned from the test program, but noted that the XB-70 was the best aircraft he ever flew. So not all crew members perished as mentioned in your footnote.
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XB-70 Valkyrie 1/150 Model 
Pre Built Mahogany Model
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Made of Philippine mahogany, this 1/150 scale model measures 15 ¼" in length and  has a wingspan of 8 ½". Hand painted and detailed, model comes ready to display on the included mahogany base.
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XF-88 Voodoo 1/48 Kit

The XF-88 Voodoo which ultimately led to the development of the F-101 Voodoo See More Here
A twin-engine jet fighter designed for the U.S. Air Force, the McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo - of which only two were built - ultimately led to the development of the F-101 Voodoo.

 

X-Plane Books

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X-Planes
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America's Research Aircraft, Pace. Since the mid-1990s, many new types of civilian (Rutan-types, 717 and 777), military (bombers, fighters, reconnaissance drones and transports) and dedicated research aircraft (X-planes) have been created and then flight-tested at the Air Force Flight Test Center and at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base. Programs discussed here include the B-1B, F-22A, RQ-1, and X-32 through X-49. 128 pgs., 150 color photos, 8"x 10", sfbd.
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Soviet X-Planes

Gordon & Gundston. 
Hardbound Book
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A detailed review of Soviet experimental aircraft from the early 1900s through to the latest Russian prototypes of today. This is the first book to collect, into one volume, stories of the most important Soviet aircraft. Includes many projects that were built but never flew, and even a few that never got off the drawing board. Approximately 150 aircraft types are described, each with relevant  data and many 3-view drawings. 192 pgs., 360 B&W photos, 8½"x 11", hdbd.    #0003952   4
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Vertical Takeoff Aircraft
Luftwaffe Profile Vol. 17
Miranda & Mercado. 
Softbound Book
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While much has been written about post-war U.S. attempts to develop vertical take-off fixed wing aircraft, this book explores Germany's WWII trials  in the field. Covers the Natter and other unusual experimental types. 48 pgs., 70 B&W and color photos and drawings, 8½"x 11", sfbd.
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Warplanes of the Future
Oliver & Ryan. 
Hardbound Book
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Unmanned fighters controlled by "pilots" at computers... Bombers that skip into and out of the atmosphere at incredible speeds... Forward-swept-wing  warplanes capable of hitherto-impossible maneuvers... High-tech airships carrying  4,000 troops and equipment... These are among the fantastic but factual designs  described here in fascinating detail and illustrated superbly with hundreds of photographs, artworks and diagrams. 176 pgs., 8½"x 12", hdbd.
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