Boeing’s X-66 experimental airliner has been indefinitely shelved

Boeing’s X-66 experimental airliner has been shelved indefinitely.

This sad turn of events comes after the exciting news was revealed months ago.

The plane was a collaboration between NASA and Boeing.

But why didn’t the plans – or the planes – take off?

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Boeing is a coveted aviation brand and one of the most recognizable names in the industry.

The manufacturer has created a huge array of aircraft that take to the skies every day, jetting off around the world.

In fact, there’s even a Boeing 737 plane with a full cockpit in a man’s hotel room – talk about bringing the outside in.

Music star Drake even has his own plane – a customized Boeing 767 private jet, and it’s a $185 million airborne mansion.

However, fans of the flying machines may just be disappointed as exciting new plans have been stopped in their tracks.

NASA knows its stuff when it comes to exploring up above the clouds.

From telescopes to exploring the potential of life on Mars, it has conjured up extensive plans to explore what lies in the sky above.

So, when Boeing and NASA’s plans were announced, things looked promising

The X-66, an experimental airliner, was a collaboration with NASA, but it has been halted.

The X-66 was ‘the first X-plane specifically focused on helping the United States achieve net-zero aviation emissions by 2050.’

NASA stated: “Boeing’s proposed focus centers on a ground-based testbed to demonstrate the potential for long, thin-wing technology.

“Work on the X-66 flight demonstrator – which currently incorporates a more complex transonic truss braced wing concept that uses the same thin wing technology as well as aerodynamic, structural braces — would pause for later consideration based on the thin-wing testbed results and further truss-braced configuration studies,” it explained.

If the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project’s plans had developed further and actually come fully to life, the aircraft could very well have been a step forward into the future of aviation with it’s unique wing design.

“Under this proposal, all aspects of the X-66 flight demonstrator’s design, as well as hardware acquired or modified for it, would be retained while the long, thin-wing technology is being investigated with more focus,” NASA continued.

The X-66 was set to be part of NASA’s ‘Sustainable Flight National Partnership’ during which it was their mission to help build the economy in the US whilst protecting the environment and bringing new ideas to the table in terms of traveling.

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