F-18 with bendable wings

This NASA F-18 is part of an experiment into whether or not airplanes can be controlled entirely by bending their wings in flight. Such a design would allow the planes to fly without control surfaces on the wings, which is thought to offer much more efficient flight than today's planes.

July 13, 2012 4:00 AM PDT

Photo by: Daniel Terdiman/CNET

| Caption by: Daniel Terdiman

 

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