The rivalry between the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 is among the fiercest and most famous in aviation history. However, the 737, which is roughly 20 years older than the A320, originally competed with ...
Boeing has started dismantling and scanning an old MD-90 as part of a multi-year NASA-supported project to transform the former passenger jet into the X-66A truss-braced-wing demonstrator. Since the ...
Delta Air Lines initially placed a large order for the McDonnell Douglas MD-90. However, the merger of McDonnell Douglas with Boeing in 1997 ended the program, with Delta only receiving 16 new ...
Boeing has now moved an MD-90 to the site in Palmdale, California where it plans to modify the former passenger jet into NASA’s X-66A truss-braced-wing demonstrator aircraft. The US manufacturer on 15 ...
The Boeing-NASA X-66A will be developed from an MD-90-30 variant originally delivered to China Northern in 1999. Credit: Boeing/NASA A lot is riding on the success of the X-66A—NASA’s Sustainable ...
Boeing has partnered with NASA to ferry an MD-90 airplane from Victorville to Palmdale as part of an experimental aircraft project. Boeing's MD-90 will undergo modifications to test the Transonic ...