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Why the McDonnell Douglas MD-90 was such a rare aircraft

The rivalry between the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 is among the fiercest and most famous in aviation history. However, the 737, which is roughly 20 years older than the A320, originally competed with ...
Flightglobal

Boeing begins transforming MD-90 into NASA’s X-66A demonstrator

Boeing has started dismantling and scanning an old MD-90 as part of a multi-year NASA-supported project to transform the former passenger jet into the X-66A truss-braced-wing demonstrator. Since the ...
Aviation Week

Boeing Begins MD-90 Modification For NASA X-66A Program

A former Delta Air Lines MD-90 begins its transformation into the NASA X-66A at Boeing's Palmdale facility. Boeing Begins MD-90 Modification For NASA X-66A Program is published in Aerospace Daily & ...
Aviation Week

NASA X-66A Program Begins With MD-90 Conversion Work

The Boeing-NASA X-66A will be developed from an MD-90-30 variant originally delivered to China Northern in 1999. Credit: Boeing/NASA A lot is riding on the success of the X-66A—NASA’s Sustainable ...