The X-31 VECTOR (Vectoring, Extremely Short Takeoff and Landing, Control and Tailless Operation Research) approaches the ground at a 24 degree angle.
Summary
Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. (Apr. 29, 2003) The X-31 VECTOR (Vectoring, Extremely Short Takeoff and Landing, Control and Tailless Operation Research) approaches the ground at a 24 degree angle of attack during an automated extremely short takeoff and landing (ESTOL) approach that concluded the last flight of the thrust-vectored, experimental jet. U.S. Navy photo by James Darcy. File# 030429-N-0000X-002
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naval air station patuxent river md
2003
tailless operation research
approaches
short takeoff
x 31 vector
degree angle
a 24
naval air station
us navy
high resolution
Date
29/04/2003 - 29/04/2003
Location
Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.
Source
U.S. NAVY
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Public Domain