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PLANES THIS SPECIAL ISSUE MARKING THE SUCCESS (OR OTHERWISE!) OF NASAa€ S X PLANE PROGRAMME INCLUDES: Born to Test Introducing a series of special features about the famous X Plane research aircraft, Kimberley Hawkins looks back at the history of the NACA and its transformation into NASA The X Factor - Pushing the envelope Your guide to more than six decades of X Planes - from X-1 to X-56 Heroes of Aviation NASA test pilot Bill Dana flew some of the most amazing aircraft to ever take to the air. In 2005 he spoke to Dave Unwin about his extraordinary career Features... Oh Gina Steve Bridgewater looks at the development of the Fiat G.91, which was designed as a lightweight tactical strike fighter for NATO Handley Page HP.113 The HP.113 promised a 6,100- mile range thanks to its laminar flow wing and boundary-layer control. Steve Bridgewater looks at another a€~near successa€ The Gulf of Sidra incident On January 4, 1989, two US Navy F-14 Tomcats were engaged by a pair of Libyan MiG-23 Floggers. Kimberley Hawkins looks back at the so-called Gulf of Sidra incident TIARA Tornado Panavia Tornado F.2A ZD902 is a unique survivor in search of a loving new owner. Steve Bridgewater reports from Jet Art Aviation Fokkera€ s F100 Feederliner Steve Young looks at the largest jet aircraft produced in the Netherlands a€ the Fokker 100 Belly Landing Baroudeur Pete London investigates a conventional fighter given a radical twist; the SNCASE Baroudeur Regulars... News News from the Jet World From the Cockpit Dave Unwin offers a pilota€ s comparison of two of the RAFa€ s most famous jet trainers - the Folland Gnat T.I and the BAe Hawk T.I. Which would you choose? Letters Testing Times Classics Compared Continuing our X Plane theme Sebastian Morgan compares and contrasts the forward-swept Grumman X-29 and Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut This was the yeara€Ã
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