(thing) by Kesper North Mon Nov 06 2000 at 11:13:21
The general term for experimental aircraft and reusable launch vehicles under development by the United States government. Derived from the tendency for the US government to give such vehicles designations like "X-29", "X-33", and so on.

The first X-plane was the Bell X-1, the first aircraft to break the sound barrier.

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