Landmark for NASA's Mini-BWB, the X-48C

NASA's blended wing-body Boeing X-48 has passed to 100-flight mark, a new high point for unmanned X-planes. The 100th flight was logged at Edwards AFB, California, on October 30, on the aircraft's eighth flight as the X-48C. All photos: NASA One of two built for Boeing by Cranfield Aerospace in the UK, the 21ft-span X-48 is an 8.5% dynamically scaled model of a blended wing body (BWB) design. The...