F-16XL/A "Cranked Wing" 75-0749
General Dynamics F-16XL/A "Cranked Wing" 75-0749
Edwards AFB 1982
Aircraft: 75-0749
LM Aero T/V: 61-5
Plant: General Dynamics
Local C/N: 75749
Delivered USAF: 75749 F-16A
1978 - Assigned USAF 6516 TS
1980 - Converted to F-16XL/A with cranked-arrow wing.
1982 - Modified as F-16XL/A with cranked-arrow wing and flew for the first time as F-16XL-1 on July 15, 1982. Flew 437 flights as the XL with the USAF.
1985 - Stored at the Fort Worth Facility
1988 to 1997 - F-16XL-1, single seat aircraft. Assigned to NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, CA,
1989 - Registered as NASA 849. Flew to Edwards AFB to be fitted with a new titanium wing section to the left side with laminar flow capabilities. Flew with the new wing section on May 3, 1990 as N849NA, but tail code 849. At this point it was painted with an attractive black and white paint scheme with a yellow stripe
1994 - Stationed at NASA's Langley AFB facility shortly to test take-off performance, engine noise and other concepts to quiet airport noise.
1995 - The XL-1 participated in NASA's sonic boom study, in which the aircraft flew 200 feet behind a NASA SR-71 to probe the boundary of the SR-71's supersonic shock wave. The studies helped HSCT engineers to better understand supersonic shock waves in order to reduce sonic boom intensity near populated areas.
1997 - The XL-1 aircraft was upgraded with a new Digital Flight Control System (DFCS). The DFCS upgrade allowed NASA's F-16XL-1 the flexibility needed to perform experiments which required major new flight control functions or capabilities.
1999 - Stored at NASA Dryden.
2007 - LMTAS is being tasked to determine if the aircraft can be returned to service for NASA by having block 40 engine and electronics installed. Taxi tests and system checks underway.
2009 - Permanently retired and pending preservation as a gate-guard.
F-16XL/A "Cranked Wing" 75-0749
General Dynamics F-16XL/A "Cranked Wing" 75-0749
Edwards AFB 1982
Aircraft: 75-0749
LM Aero T/V: 61-5
Plant: General Dynamics
Local C/N: 75749
Delivered USAF: 75749 F-16A
1978 - Assigned USAF 6516 TS
1980 - Converted to F-16XL/A with cranked-arrow wing.
1982 - Modified as F-16XL/A with cranked-arrow wing and flew for the first time as F-16XL-1 on July 15, 1982. Flew 437 flights as the XL with the USAF.
1985 - Stored at the Fort Worth Facility
1988 to 1997 - F-16XL-1, single seat aircraft. Assigned to NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, CA,
1989 - Registered as NASA 849. Flew to Edwards AFB to be fitted with a new titanium wing section to the left side with laminar flow capabilities. Flew with the new wing section on May 3, 1990 as N849NA, but tail code 849. At this point it was painted with an attractive black and white paint scheme with a yellow stripe
1994 - Stationed at NASA's Langley AFB facility shortly to test take-off performance, engine noise and other concepts to quiet airport noise.
1995 - The XL-1 participated in NASA's sonic boom study, in which the aircraft flew 200 feet behind a NASA SR-71 to probe the boundary of the SR-71's supersonic shock wave. The studies helped HSCT engineers to better understand supersonic shock waves in order to reduce sonic boom intensity near populated areas.
1997 - The XL-1 aircraft was upgraded with a new Digital Flight Control System (DFCS). The DFCS upgrade allowed NASA's F-16XL-1 the flexibility needed to perform experiments which required major new flight control functions or capabilities.
1999 - Stored at NASA Dryden.
2007 - LMTAS is being tasked to determine if the aircraft can be returned to service for NASA by having block 40 engine and electronics installed. Taxi tests and system checks underway.
2009 - Permanently retired and pending preservation as a gate-guard.