Three-surface aircraft
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A three-surface aircraft or sometimes three-lifting-surface aircraft has a foreplane, a central wing and a tailplane. The central wing surface always provides lift and is usually the largest, while th
A Piaggio P.180 Avanti showing its three lifting surfaces
1908 Voisin-Farman I
Molniya-1
Grumman X-29, rear strake flaps deflected
Scaled Composites
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Scaled Composites is an American aerospace company founded by Burt Rutan and currently owned by Northrop Grumman. It is located at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, California, United States. F
The White Knight carries SpaceShipOne on Flight 16P September 29, 2004.
(L to R) Marion Blakely, FAA - Chief. Commercial Astronaut- Michael Winston "Mike" Melvill - Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson - Elbert Leander "Burt" Rutan - William Brian Binnie & Paul Gardner Allen reflect on a mission accomplished (October 4, 2004)
Rutan Aircraft's first – Model 32 VariViggen (1972)
Rutan Model 61 Long-EZ