Transonic truss-braced wing project is on hold after Boeing proposes to investigate a simpler, thin-wing design.

The X-66 program heavily modified a McDonnell Douglas MD-90 aircraft to demonstrate a truss-braced version of the thin wing.

The MD-19 could become the testbed for a bevy of new technological innovations—at a time when the Americans are still ...

High above the Venezuelan countryside, the passengers on board a West Caribbean Airways McDonnell Douglas MD-82 grab onto their seats, as their aircraft is buffeted by storms. Suddenly, the plane ...

Based on a heavily modified McDonnell Douglas MD-90, the X-66 was intended to demonstrate a truss-braced version of the thin wing at full scale. The experimental aircraft formed the flagship of NASA’s ...