Boeing X-32A in Restoration at NMUSAF (Sept 2023 from FPV Drone) 

Awesome 👍 Working there would be my dream job, especially if I was working on the Swoose in the background.

The X-32A reminds me of an overgrown A-7 Corsair II. Some say its ugly but I think its kind of a cool looking aircraft. Nice video!

The x-32 is already getting freshened up for display at the NMUSAF.... Oh how the time flies. Crazy to see the size of a modern fighter next to a heavy bomber of 80 years ago.

Well, she appears to be smiling now, having lost, but not gone missing like some of the competition ;) She's ready for her revival!

Hell yeah! I can't wait to go see it!

What! no cockpit video...I really wanted to see in the cockpit of that X-32.

Cool! Didn’t even know yall had this

It's such a ungainly looking aircraft. Glad to see that she will survive on in the museum though.

Wow! Historic. Boeing X-32 and Boeing B-17D Swoose in the same hanger separated by 60+ years!!

I'm sure the intake shape is based on sound engineering, but it looks like it would be pretty effective at scooping up plankton.

0:22 Smile! You're on camera!

Swoose!!❤

I'm shocked the national museum for the air force doesn't have an f-35..

Beautiful airplane, really. How many test flight hours ended up on that airframe before its deactivation? I was at Boeing working on AWACS support when this program was lost to Lockheed. Word at the time was that a Boeing program lead engineer had become unhappy some years before and took a job at Lockeed helping design their X-35 program, and that the X-32 design program was led (in part) by a former Lockheed program lead engineer who, for whatever reason, preferred Boeing. To me, after the McDonnel Douglas purchase fiasco, this all seemed perfectly logical.

That always reminded me of a whale scooping up food.

This is super cool! One little thing, you guys might consider posting the video as "private," then wait until it converts to 1080p or whatever high res, and set to public.. otherwise early birds like me see 360p. At least I think that's how that all works. Love the drone shots!

Awesome video as always!! Will we ever see it in one of the galleries?

WOW 🔝

What the finch?! These things always look so comical to me, I know they mean business and although less advanced, they are also less complex than that 35 Guy.

How long does stuff like this take usually? Can’t wait to see this thing next to the Widow

I can only imagine how terrifying it would be to be the enemy fighter being chased down in a dog fight by this gleefully looking fighter.. add some giant googly eyes and you have some serious psychological warfare going on.

Could anyone explain to me why that b-17’s tail looks like that?

Make her fly again

This is such a bizarre aircraft

When will this be put on display?

I don't know, but I seem to recall the USAF radically changed its requirements late in the game just to favor the 35 and tank the 32. It meant such a major redesign that the 32 never could really meet the deadlines. The parameters should be set out and locked in from the get. Not changed to show bias to one of the competitors while the process is still under way. Seems rich for the USAF to pretend to honor this bird, now. I know, my gripe is with the selection brass, and not museum staff. Still...

"The Pregnant Shark"

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Wish the drone pilot would quit showing off and slow down. The aircraft is what we're interested in, not how fast and tight you can go.

XD

How ugly can you make them? It's almost as ugly as the Fiat G.91