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NASA’s AD-1 proved that oblique-wing aircraft are practical, despite their odd appearance. In a century of powered flight, airplanes have varied in size and shape from Sopwiths to 787s, from Cessnas to C-5s, from F-35s to Super Guppys. But almost all had one thing in common: bilateral symmetry. In other words, the left side of …
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