Towbar Designed for NASA’s X-59 Awaits Aircraft Arrival

NASA’s X-59 towbar sits in front of a hangar at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Because of the aircraft’s long nose, a long towbar is required, and it is positioned on the tarmac awaiting the X-59’s arrival ahead its first flight.

NASA’s X-59 towbar sits in front of a hangar at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Because of the aircraft’s long nose, a long towbar is required, and it is positioned on the tarmac awaiting the X-59’s arrival ahead its first flight.

Photographer NASA/Genaro Vavuris
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