As a low-cost, high-performance, proof-of-concept jet designed to meet high-G, high angle-of-attack maneuvers, the M400 Swift was an exciting technical challenge at Scaled – from concept to first flight on August 26, 2016, it only took two years!
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January 31, 2008, marks the first manned flight of an aircraft powered by a Pulse Detonation Engine with a modified Long-EZ we call the Borealis PDE.

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ARES was developed as a proof-of-concept for a Low-Cost Battlefield Attack Aircraft and made its first flight on February 16, 1990!

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Old School made its first flight on February 9, 2010!

Initially intended to be a UAV, Scaled designed an optionally-manned aircraft to quickly to get the aircraft to flight and start collecting test data!

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In January of 1990, ATTT made what was intended to be its final flight to land at Edwards Air Force Base and join the Flight Test Museum’s collection. In 1991, Scaled reactivated ATTT to conduct a flight test research mission for a new customer!

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With 25 months from contract signature to its first flight on March 5, 2004, GlobalFlyer had the design challenge of being an aircraft with 83% of its gross weight as fuel - maximizing the possible distance the aircraft could fly during its future circumnavigation flights!

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What’s your guess on how long it took from contract signature to first flight of Old School, the Firebird Demonstrator, on February 9, 2010? Would you believe that it was under 12 months?

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Model 429 “Dash-1” made its first flight on February 6, 2020 – using a catapult launch to get it airborne! With a 9.5-foot wingspan, this #UAV was built to demonstrate a new construction technique.

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