The oblique wing isn't the only aircraft design to have trouble taking off since its plans were first released. The world's biggest passenger plane thought to be twice the size of a Boeing 747 and ...

During the program, Boeing and Lockheed conducted design studies on potential supersonic passenger planes with an oblique wing design, to be ready to build one by the time the AD-1 had proved the ...

The idea of an oblique wing design was revived by NASA researcher Robert Jones in the 1950s and his research continued well into the 1990s. The purpose of the design is to allow for optimal fuel ...

Meanwhile, aeronautical engineer Robert T. Jones believed the oblique wing design on a pivot would revolutionize air travel, especially for passenger airlines. So, tests commenced. NASA determined ...

During the program, both Boeing and Lockheed conducted design studies on supersonic passenger planes with oblique wing designs. One such proposal, by Boeing, described an airliner that could carry ...

We first ran across Boeing's "truss-braced wing" design concept back in 2010, as a part of the "Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research" (SUGAR) Volt concept it designed as part of a NASA research ...

The opening comes as Boeing researches an elongated, ultra-light concept called Transonic Truss-Braced Wings. The choice of wing design and production methods by either manufacturer, together with ...