Boneyard Safari
Preserving Aviation HIstory

We found footage of NASA’s X-Wing! #rsra #nasa #xwing #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is RSRA X-Wing NASA-741 during high speed taxi testing in 1987. #rsra #nasa #xwing #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Did you know NASA had an X-Wing, no not the Star Wars version. Here is the final configuration of RSRA NASA-740 in 1987. The RSRA could be configured to fly as an airplane with fixed wings, as a helicopter, or as a compound vehicle that could transition between the two configurations. #rsra #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Another look at RSRA NASA-740 in flight out of Ames over east foothill of the Silicon Valley, CA in 1982. A later experiment involved the "X-Wing" system, a rigid rotor that could be stopped in flight and function as an X-shaped fixed wing. #rsra #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is RSRA NASA-740 during a fixed wing ferry flight from NASA Dryden at Edwards Air Force Base in 1984. Note the main rotor was removed. #rsra #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Check out the Sikorsky RSRA - Rotor Systems Research Aircraft (72-002 NASA 740) as a compound helicopter-fixed wing aircraft. #rsra #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari