List of Experimental Aircraft - United States - Other US Experimental Aircraft

Other US Experimental Aircraft

• Acme Sierra – pusher configuration
• ALTUS, Pathfinder and Helios were NASA's NASA Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology experimental aircraft
• AstroFlight Sunrise
• Ball-Bartoe Jetwing – blown wing research
• Bell D-292 – Advanced Composite Airframe Program
• Bell L-39 – swept wing research
• Bell Model 65 – tiltjet VTOL
• Bell XV-15 "Tiltrotor" – tiltrotor VTOL and precursor to V-22 Osprey.
• Bell 533 – a modified UH-1B helicopter used by the US Army for experimentation with various high speed technology enhancements.
• Boeing Bird of Prey
• Boeing EB-29 Superfortress – parasite fighter carrier
• Boeing Skyfox
• Budd BB-1 Pioneer – stainless steel construction
• Burnelli RB-1 – lifting body proof of concept vehicle
• Chrysler VZ-6 – ducted fan
• Convair NB-36 – nuclear propelled aircraft testbed
• Convair XF-92 Dart
• Curtiss-Wright VZ-7
• Curtiss-Wright X-100 – tilt rotor VTOL (developed into X-200 and X-19)
• Custer Channel Wings
• DARPA Falcon Project
• Doak VZ-4 – tiltfan VTOL
• Douglas A-20 Havoc – 1 example modified with experimental tracked undercarriage bogeys
• Douglas D-558-I Skystreak – supersonic research
• Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket – supersonic research
• Fairchild VZ-5 – deflected air VTOL
• Farrar LSG-1 Bird Flight Machine

• Gee Bee Model Q – canard built to test concept
• General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark – several used for NASA's AFTI and TACT programs
• General Dynamics F-16XL – cranked wing
• General Dynamics F-16 VISTA – variable stability
• Goodyear Inflatoplane
• Gossamer Albatross – human powered flight
• Gossamer Condor – human powered flight
• Rockwell HiMAT
• Hiller VZ-1 Pawnee – direct lift rotor platform
• Kaman K-125 – experimental intermesh rotor helicopter
• Kaman K-16 – modified Grumman Goose Xused for V/STOL research
• Lamson L-106 Alcor
• Lamson PL-1 Quark
• Lockheed Altair8-G – twinned engine testbed (both engines were in a single cowl)
• Lockheed Have Blue – Stealth technology demonstrator
• Lockheed P-175 Polecat
• Lockheed Vega Winnie Mae – high altitude research – confirmed existence of jet stream
• Lockheed QT-2 – Quiet Thruster noise suppression experiments
• Lockheed XC-35 – pressurized cabin

• Lockheed XV-4 Hummingbird – jetlift VTOL
• LTV XC-142 – VTOL transport
• Martin 162A Tadpole Clipper – proof of concept aircraft
• Martin XB-26H Marauder – tandem undercarriage
• NASA AD-1 Oblique Wing
• NASA Hyper III
• NASA M2-F1
• NASA Pathfinder
• Northrop F-5 Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstrator – shockwave reduction

• Northrop HL-10 – lifting body/re-entry vehicle research
• Northrop M2-F2 – lifting body/re-entry vehicle research
• Northrop M2-F3 – lifting body/re-entry vehicle research
• Northrop N-1M – flying wing research
• Northrop N-9M – flying wing proof of concept aircraft for Northrop YB-35
• Northrop Tacit Blue – Stealth technology demonstrator
• Piasecki PV-2 – technology demonstrator
• Piasecki VZ-8 Airgeep – liftfan VTOL research
• Piasecki X-49 – experimental compound helicopter
• PSU Zephyrus
• Republic XF-84H "Thunderscreech" – supersonic propellor
• Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor – inversely tapered swept wing
• XFV-12A (blown wing for VTOL)
• Rotary Rocket Roton
• Ryan VZ-3 Vertiplane – blown flap VTOL research
• Ryan XV-5 Vertifan – fan lift VTOL research
• Scaled Composites Boomerang

• Scaled Composites Proteus
• Schweizer SGS 1-29
• Sikorsky S-69 – compound co-axial research
• Sikorsky S-72 – helicopter/aircraft hybrid research
• Sikorsky S-75 – Advanced Composite Aircraft Program
• Sikorsky S-76 SHADOW – Sikorsky Helicopter Advanced Demonstrator and Operator Workload
• Stinson L-1 Vigilant – 1 example modified for boundary layer experiments
• Travel Air 2000 Besler steam aircraft
• Vertol VZ-2 – tilt wing VTOL research
• Vought F-8 Crusader – one used as supercritical airfoil high speed test aircraft
• Vought V-173 – disk wing research for Vought XF5U
• Vought V-326 – high altitude test aircraft
• Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 – helicopter