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Edwards AFB Northrop X-21A, Mojave Desert, California
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NOTE: This area is restricted access unless you have military base access. Make sure to read signs. Rogers Lake Bed is off-limits since planes do land there.
This one of several photographic targets which can be seen using public roads/tracks on the outside of the base. It is officially part of the AFFTC museum.
US military serial 55-0408. The X-21 was a modified Douglas B-66 Destroyer intended to test wings with Laminar flow control. Modifications included moving the engines from underwing to rear fuselage positions. Two were built and flew between 1963 & 1968.
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