Pioneered by Orville and Wilbur Wright, these breakthroughs included wing warping ... With a top speed of 2,200 mph, it remains the fastest aircraft propelled by air-breathing engines ever ...

To achieve this ability, they developed the idea of twisting the entire wing, or wing warping. The twisting ... banking a turn would sometimes cause the aircraft to spin out of control.

Aurora If the design proves successful, a 130-foot-wing span aircraft with a 40-foot payload bay could be built. This would ...