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In this 1950 straight-on view of the NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station’s (now NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center’s) X-4 Bantam research aircraft, the horizontal tailless design is quite evident.
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Flight Test Files: Northrop X-4 Bantam-Navigating the Limits of the Tailless Wing

How the Northrop X-4 Bantam tested semi-tailless flight near Mach 1 and revealed stability limits…

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Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Northrop X-4 Bantam

Two prototypes of the X-4 were built to test the stability of semi-tailless wing designs…

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