When it appeared at the flight test facility at California’s Muroc Air Force Base in 1948, the Northrop X-4 Bantam was the 98-pound weakling of research airplanes. The X-1 and X-2 rocketplanes ...

The Northrop X-4 Bantam had a tendency to pitch nose-down at high speeds—generally not a desirable condition for a plane. What You Need to Know: NASA’s supersonic X-59 aircraft has taken ...

Maligned and abandoned, the prototype Northrop X-4 Bantam gets a restoration after 65 years. Follow Us Explore Subscription ...