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X-2 moves one step closer towards 1st flight

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The Mitsubishi X-2 stealth demonstrator has progress to Vr stage whereby the aircraft accelerated to rotation speed and the pilot pulled the nose wheel off the ground. This occurred at Nagoya Airfield on Apr. 11.

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