US Military Aviation Models X-PLANES late 40's through today All the models are 1:72 scale built from plastic or resin kit. Modification have been normally made to have the final result as much as possible closer to the real aircraft design. X-1 Muroc Army Air Field 1947 Experimental research rocket aircraft. Designed and built by Bell. The X-1 was designed to explore the dynamic characteristics of aircraft flying at or grater than the speed of sound. On 14 October 1947 the X-1 with the test pilot Chuck Yeager officially made the first supersonic flight at MACH 1.06 (700 MPH) and at the altitude of 45,000 Ft. D-558-1 Skystreak Muroc Army Air Field 1948 Experimental research jet aircraft. Designed and built by Douglas Aircrfat Company. The D-558-1 was designed as a joint NACA/U.S. Navy research program for transonic and supersonic flight. The Skystreak reached Mach 0.99 in level flight, but only flew supersonic in a dive. D-558-2 Skyrocket Edwards AFB 1951 Experimental research jet and rocket aircraft. Designed and built Douglas Aircrfat Company. The D-558-2 was designed as a joint NACA/U.S. Navy research program to investigate the characteristics of swept-wing aircraft at transonic and supersonic speeds with particular attention to pitch-up (un-commanded rotation of the nose of the aircraft upwards) On 20 November 1953, Scott Crossfield piloted the Skyrocket to Mach 2, or more than 1,290 mph (2076 km/h), the first time an aircraft had exceeded twice the speed of sound. X-1A Edwards AFB 1953 Experimental research rocket aircraft. Designed and built by Bell. The X-1A flow in several test flight from 1953 to 1954 reaching the speed MACH 2.44 (1660 MPH) and the altitude of 75,000 Ft. X-1E Edwards AFB 1956 Experimental research rocket aircraft. Designed and built by Bell. The X-1E flow in several test flight from 1955 to 1958 reaching the speed MACH 2.22 (1487 MPH) and the altitude of 71,872 Ft. X-2 Starbuster Edwards AFB 1956 Experimental research rocket aircraft. Designed and built by Bell. The X-2 flow in several test flight from 1952 to 1956 reaching the speed of MACH 2.87 (1900 MPH) and the altitude of 126,200 Ft. X-3 Stiletto Edwards AFB 1954 Experimental research jet aircraft. Designed and built by Douglas. The X-3 flow in several test flight from 1952 to 1956 and it was designed to explore high speed aerodynamic phenomenon to speeds of 2.0 MACH for sustained periods of not less than 30 minutes. X-4 Bantam Edwards AFB 1953 Experimental research jet aircraft. Designed and built by Northrop. The X-4 flow in several test flight from 1948 to 1953 and it was designed to test the tailless, or semi-tailless configuration at transonic speeds of approximately 0.85 MACH. X-1A, X-1E, X-2, X-3, X-4 Edwards AFB 1953-1956 Experimental research aircrafts. X-5 Edwards AFB 1953 Experimental swing-wing research aircraft. Designed and built by Bell. The X-5 successfully demonstrated the advantage of a swing-wing design for aircraft intended to fly at a wide range of speeds. X-13 Vertijet Edwards AFB 1957 Experimental VTOL Jet aircraft. Designed and built by Ryan. The X-13 main objective was to demonstrate the ability of a pure jet to vertically takeoff, hover, transition to horizontal forward flight, and vertically land. X-15A-2 Edwards AFB 1967 Experimental research rocket aircraft. Designed and built by North American. The X-15 flow in several test flight from 1959 to 1968 reaching the speed record of MACH 6.70 (4520 MPH) and the altitude of 314,750 Ft. X-20 Dyna-Soar Boeing Plant 1961 Experimental research Space Plane. Designed by Boeing. The X-20 was a program to develop a spaceplane that could be used for a variety of military missions, including aerial reconnaissance, bombing, space rescue, satellite maintenance, and as a space interceptor to sabotage enemy satellites. The program ran from October 24, 1957 to December 10, 1963, and was cancelled just after spacecraft construction had begun. X-22 Niagara Falls Airport 1967 Experimental V/STOL Ducted Fans Aircraft. Designed by Bell. The X-22 was a program to provide more insight into the tactical application of vertical takeoff troop transporters. The program was canceled in 1988. Although the ducted fan propellers were considered usable, they were not used again on a US military aircraft until the F-35B M2-F3 Edwards AFB 1972 Experimental lifting body aircraft. Designed and built by Northrop. The M2-F3 flow in several test flight from 1970 to 1972 to validated the concept of piloted lifting body reentry from space. HL-10 Edwards AFB 1970 Experimental lifting body aircraft. Designed and built by Northrop. The HL-10 flow in several test flight from 1966 to 1975 to study and validate the concept of safely maneuvering and landing a low lift-over-drag vehicle designed for reentry from space. X-24A Edwards AFB 1971 Experimental lifting body aircraft. Designed and built by Martin Marietta. The X-24A flow in several test flight from 1969 to 1971 It was designed and built to test lifting body concepts, experimenting with the concept of unpowered reentry and landing, later used by the Space Shuttle. X-24B Edwards AFB 1973 Experimental lifting body aircraft. Designed and built by Martin Marietta. The X-24B flow in several test flight from 1973 to 1975 Its design evolved from a family of potential reentry shapes, each with higher lift-to-drag ratios. M2-F3; HL-10; X-24A; X-24B Edwards AFB 1970-1973 "lifting body" experimental research aircrafts. X-29 Edwards AFB 1985 Experimental research aircraft. Designed and built by Grumman. The X-29 experimental aircraft tested a forward-swept wing, canard control surfaces, and other novel aircraft technologies (model by AV0) X-32A Edwards AFB 2001 Demonstration SVTOL. Designed and built by Boeing. The X-32 is a concept demonstrator aircraft that was designed for the Joint Strike Fighter competition. It lost to the Lockheed Martin X-35 demonstrator, which was further developed into the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. X-34 Edwards AFB 1999 Experimental Reusable Launch Vehicle. Designed and built by Orbital Sciences Corporation. The X-34 was intended to be an autonomous pilotless craft powered by a 'Fastrac' liquid-propellant rocket engine, capable of reaching Mach 8, and performing 25 test flights per year. The unpowered prototype had been used only for towing and captive flight tests when the project was canceled. X-47B (UCAV) USS George H.W. Bush 2013 Demonstration Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Designed and built by Northrop Grumman. The X-47B is a demonstration Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) designed for aircraft carrier-based operations. In August 2014, the US Navy announced that it had integrated the X-47B into carrier operations alongside manned aircraft, and by May 2015 the aircraft's primary test program was declared complete