According to Newsday, one of the X-29s is going to the Cradle. It will be reassembled and eventually put on display.
http://www.newsday.com/columnists/ja...o-li-1.3155705
According to Newsday, one of the X-29s is going to the Cradle. It will be reassembled and eventually put on display.
http://www.newsday.com/columnists/ja...o-li-1.3155705
That is so cool! the X-29 has always been one of my favorite airplanes.
ETA: Reading the Newsday article, apparently the Cradle received the X-29 that has been in the Smithsonian in DC. It is a full-scale mockup, not one of the two that flew in the test program. Still cool to have though...
Here's the one from the Smithsonian:
And one of the test airframes at the Air Force Museum in Dayton (the other is at Edwards AFB):
Last edited by moose135; 2011-09-09 at 02:07 PM.
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