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X-29: The Most Unstable Fighter Jet Ever Built

Grumman’s experimental aircraft X-29, with its forward-swept wings, appeared almost as if it should be flying backward. The ...
The Grumman (now Northrup Grumman, most famous for being the manufacturer of the F-14 Tomcat) X-29 is one of the more obscure experimental aircraft in aviation history that failed to... Here’s What ...
Grumman's answer for the X-29's antisocial degree of aerodynamic instability was to install a state-of-the-art fly-by-wire system that corrected the craft's flight 40 times per second. Corrections ...
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Americas Plane That Flies Backwards - X-29

The Grumman X-29 was one of the most unconventional experimental jets ever built, featuring forward-swept wings for extreme ...