. Aaron Rumsey and Beto Hinojos carefully add weight to a 6-foot model of the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, in Edwards, California. The aircraft concept involves a wing braced on an aircraft using diagonal struts that also add lift and could result in significantly improved aerodynamics.

---

Size: 5667px × 3778px
Photo credit: © NASA/piemags / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: advanced, aeronautics, afrc, air, armstrong, base, california, center, demonstrator, directorate, edwards, flight, force, innovation, mission, research, sustainable, technology, transonic, transport, truss-braced, ttbw, wing