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            designated the XS-4, the Northrop X-4 Bantam was designed to
            study the flight characteristics of tailless aircraft at transonic
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                Book: 
                  The X-Planes: X-1 to X-45 
                  Jay Miller | 
                
                   
 
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                Display Model: 
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             page updated 13 February 2008
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