‘I Would Take That Aircraft to the Ship Tomorrow’: The Navy Test Pilot Who Flew Boeing’s X-32 Says It Was the Highlight of His Career

‘I Would Take That Aircraft to the Ship Tomorrow’: The Navy Test Pilot Who Flew Boeing’s X-32 Says It Was the Highlight of His Career

66 Flights, Mach 1.6, 20,000 Pounds of Internal Fuel — Boeing’s X-32 Stealth Fighter Had Everything Except Vertical Landing The Boeing X-32 was an unsuccessful contender in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. However, the aircraft featured several notable design and performance characteristics, particularly a single-piece, large delta wing that offered significant structural efficiency and large internal fuel capacity.  Its best features wer…