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The X Planes
By Jay Miller


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This article appeared in the Second Quarter 2001 issue of Code One Magazine.

X-19
Mission: The X-19 was designed and built specifically to test the efficacy of the “radial force lift” propeller design and the basic tilting quadrotor configuration. Two Lycoming T53-L-1 turboshaft engines powered it.

Manufacturer: Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Number Built: 2
Sponsor: USAF, USA, USN
Fastest Flight: 454 mph (est.)
Highest Flight: 25,600 feet (est.)
First Flight: 20 November 1963
Last Flight: 25 August 1965
Total Flights: 50
Length: 44 feet 5 inches
Wingspan: 21 feet 6 inches (rear)
Height: 17 feet 1.5 inches
Gross Weight: 13,660 lb

View the X Planes

X-1 (First Generation) X-1 (Second Generation) X-1E
X-2 X-3 X-4 X-5 X-6 X-7 X-8 X-9 X-10 X-11 X-12 X-13 X-14
X-15 X-15A2 X-16 X-17 X-18 X-19 X-20 X-21 X-22 X-23 X-24A
X-24B X-25 X-26A X-26B X-27 X-28 X-29 X-30 X-31 X-32
X-33 X-34 X-35 X-36 X-37 X-38 X39
X-40 X-41 X-42 X-43 X-44 X-45

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