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X-PLANE NO. 36
November 12, 2012 | J. Terry White
http://www.whiteeagleaerospace.com/x-36-high-agility-research-aircraft/

Fifteen-years ago today, the NASA/Boeing X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft (TFARA) flew its final research mission from the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) at Edwards, California. The remotely piloted vehicle was designed to demonstrate flight control technologies aimed at improving the maneuverability and survivability of future fighter aircraft................................

The X-36 was remotely-controlled by a pilot sitting within a virtual cockpit at a ground station. A real-time video feed from a nose-mounted camera aboard the aircraft was transmitted to provide visual information to the pilot...................

The X-36 was both highly maneuverable, agile and controllable

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/x-36.htm