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Model 429 “Dash-1” made its first flight on February 6, 2020 – using a catapult launch to get it airborne! With a 9.5-foot wingspan, this #UAV was built to demonstrate a new construction technique.

#FirstFlightFridays #experimentalaircraft #unmanned #rapiddevelopment #OTD
February 6, 2026 at 4:47 PM
January 31, 2008, marks the first manned flight of an aircraft powered by a Pulse Detonation Engine with a modified Long-EZ we call the Borealis PDE.

Learn more: scaled.com/portfolio/bo...

#FirstFlightFridays #AlternatePropulsion #PulseDetonation #LongEZ #FlightTest
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
#FlashbackFriday to when we got amazing pictures of Proteus and a Model 401 over Lake Mead on the way to Las Vegas for Aviation Nation! No, this picture isn’t AI – when aircraft are designed around specific missions we end up with unique configurations.

#Photography #Airplanes

📸: Tyson Rininger
January 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Don’t have your Valentine picked out for tomorrow? Here’s a few airplane themed ones to help you prepare! 💌

#greetingcards #valentines #valentinescards #valentinesday
February 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Old School made its first flight on February 9, 2010!

Initially intended to be a UAV, Scaled designed an optionally-manned aircraft to quickly to get the aircraft to flight and start collecting test data!

#FirstFlightFridays #OldSchool #experimentalaircraft

scaled.com/portfolio/Ol...
February 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
In January of 1990, ATTT made what was intended to be its final flight to land at Edwards Air Force Base and join the Flight Test Museum’s collection. In 1991, Scaled reactivated ATTT to conduct a flight test research mission for a new customer!

#FirstFlightFridays #flighttest
January 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM