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Re:Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane passes 400 days ... by sdfjkl on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @09:41AM (#7177628)
> measuring over 29 feet (8.8 m) in length
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Re:Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane passes 400 days ... by poopsintub on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @10:13AM (#7177873)
Yeap. My apologies, I was looking at the height.

Height: 9 ft 6 in (2.9 m)

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Re:Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane passes 400 days ... by sdfjkl on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @11:18AM (#7178335)
Admittedly it is up for debate which is length and which is height in a VTHL craft ;-)
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Re:Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane passes 400 days ... by mcguire on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @01:33PM (#7179344)
For completeness, the wingspan is 14 ft 11 in (4.5 m).

They don't look especially broad, either. Yay, lifting bodies!

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