Aug 3 1987
From The Space Library
Five NASA and U.S. Air Force pilots completed the first phase of research flying of the Advanced Fighter Technology Integration F-111 aircraft at NASA's Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility in Edwards, California. During the first phase of research flying, the aircraft's wing was modified so that it could fly with optimum wing curvature at subsonic, transonic, and supersonic speeds. The MAW system was operated only manually, and the pilot selected the aircraft's wing curvature. The aircraft, with its distinct Mission Adaptive Wing (MAW), entered the second phase of research flying where the computers were modified so the wing curvature could adjust automatically. (NASA Release 87-118; Def News, Aug 24/87)
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