NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in 2025 conducted high-speed, supersonic, and hypersonic aircraft tests, supporting aeronautics, air mobility, and Earth observation through experimental flights ...

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The MD-11's high landing speed is unusual among modern widebody airliners and it makes the aircraft more difficult to land.