NASA X: The Future of Fixed Wing Aircraft

NASA X: Future Forward - Environmentally Responsible Aviation title card.

Documentary (2014)

Starring:
Jennifer Pulley (Host)
Ruben Del Rosario
Dr. Richard Wahls
Bruce Anderson

The NASA Fundamental Aeronautics Fixed Wing Program is addressing the challenges of enabling revolutionary energy-efficient improvements in transport aircraft. Engineers and researchers are reducing noise while increasing engine capability. Exciting new structural designs and technologies are all part of this program that will effect anyone who flies on future aircraft.

Also from this series:
NASA X series

Concept Aircraft

Lockheed Martin X-56

Unidentified Aircraft

Boeing 747-451

Boeing 747-451 of United Airlines, Registration N105UA, c/n 26473/985, built in 1993.

Reg. N105UA Boeing 747-451 of United Airlines.

Reg. N105UA Boeing 747-451 of United Airlines.

Airbus A300B4-605R

Registration G-OJMR, c/n 605, built in 1991.

Reg. G-OJMR Airbus A300B4-605R of Monarch Airlines.

McDonnell Douglas MD-11F

McDonnell Douglas MD-11F of Lufthansa Cargo.

Airbus A320

Airbus A320 of US Airways.

Airbus A320 of US Airways.

Unidentified Boeing Aircraft

Boeing 747-8

Boeing 737

Boeing 737 of Southwest Airlines.

Unidentified Aircraft

Airbus A330-323

Registration N271AY, c/n 323, built in 2000.

Reg. N271AY Airbus A330-323 of US Airways.

Reg. N271AY Airbus A330-323 of US Airways.

Unidentified Aircraft

Of Qatar Airways.

Boeing X-48C

Boeing Volt

Boeing Sugar (Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research) Volt.

Concept Aircraft

Boeing 757

Boeing 757 of Monarch Airlines.

Douglas DC-8

One of the Douglas DC-8 used by NASA, based at Dryden Flight Research Center (before March 2014).

Dassault HU-25C Guardian

Reg. N525NA Dassault HU-25C Guardian of NASA.

Reg. N525NA Dassault HU-25C Guardian of NASA.

Reg. N525NA Dassault HU-25C Guardian of NASA.

Reg. N525NA Dassault HU-25C Guardian of NASA.

Boeing 727-227(A)(F)

Registration N492FE, c/n 21530/1446, built in 1979. Preserved in February 2013, and used as a training aid by the University of Alaska Anchorage's Aviation Technology Division, which is based at Anchorage Merrill Field in Alaska (MRI/PAMR).

Reg. N492FE Boeing 727-227(A)(F) of FedEx Express.

Reg. N492FE Boeing 727-227(A)(F) of FedEx Express.

Boeing 787-8

Boeing 787-8 of ANA-All Nippon Airways.

Boeing 787-8 of ANA-All Nippon Airways.

Boeing 787-8 of ANA-All Nippon Airways.

Boeing 787-8 of ANA-All Nippon Airways.

Dassault HU-25C Guardian

Airbus A340

Unidentified Aircraft

CGI.

Boeing Volt

Boeing Sugar (Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research) Volt (turboprop version)

Concept Aircraft

Diamond DA36 E-Star 2

Reg. OE-9996 Diamond DA36 E-Star 2 proof of concept aircarft by EADS and Siemens for the Paris Air Show 2013.

EADS E-Fan

Registration F-WATT, c/n 1, built in 2013.

RAeS RS-001 (Concept Aircraft)

Conceptual blended wing body airliner.

RAeS RS-002 (Concept Aircraft)

Embraer EMB-135BJ Legacy 650

Registration PT-TKN, c/n 14501120, built in 2010.

Concept Aircraft

Concept Aircraft

Concept Aircraft

NASA CESTOL (Concept Aircraft)

NASA Cruise-Efficient Short Take-Off and Landing (CESTOL) concept aircraft.

Boeing 747

Dassault HU-25A Guardian

Registration 2110, c/n 411.

Reg. 2110 Dassault HU-25A Guardian of United States Coast Guard (USCG).

Dassault Falcon HU-25A Guardian

Registration 2127 c/n 443.

Reg. 2127 Dassault Falcon HU-25A Guardian of United States Coast Guard (USCG).

Boeing 737

Boeing 737 of Southwest Airlines.

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See also

• NASA X: The Future Of Fixed Wing Aircraft at NASA.gov
• NASA X TV Series at Wikipedia
• NASA X: The Future of Fixed Wing Aircraft at IMDb