Koncept je deloma podoben gibljivem krilu, pri gibljivem obe krili hkrati spremenita naklon. Pri AD-1 pa samo eno krilo "pivotira" okrog sredinske točke krila. Letalo tako postane asimetrično.
Letalo je poletelo 79-krat. Pri tem so testirali aerodinamiko pri različnih naklonih in hitrostih.
Prvi krilo takega tipa je predlagal Richard Vogt leta 1942 in sicer na letalu Blohm & Voss P.202.[1]
AD-1 Construction Completed, Dryden X-Press, Feb. 23, 1979, p. 2.
Robert E. Curry and Alex G. Sim, In-Flight Total Forces, Moments, and Static Aeroelastic Characteristics of an Oblique-Wing Research Airplane (Edwards, CA: NASA TP-2224, 1984)
Robert E. Curry and Alexander G. Sim, The Unique Aerodynamic Characteristics of the AD-1 Oblique-Wing Research Airplane, AIAA paper 82-1329 presented at the AIAA 9th Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, Aug. 9-11, 1982, San Diego, CA
Flight logs for the AD-1 in the NASA Dryden Historical Reference Collection.
Thomas C. McMurtry, A. G. Sim, and W. H. Andrews, AD-1 Oblique Wing Aircraft Program, AIAA paper 81-2354 presented at the AIAA/SETP/SFTE/ASE/ITEA/IEEE 1st Flight Testing Conference, Nov. 11-13, 1981, Las Vegas, NV.
Alex G. Sim and Robert E. Curry, Flight Characteristics of the AD-1 Oblique-Wing Research Airplane, (Edwards, CA: NASA TP-2223, 1985)
Alex G. Sim and Robert E. Curry, Flight-Determined Aerodynamic Derivatives of the AD-1 Oblique-Wing Research Aircraft (Edwards, CA: NASA TP-2222, 1984)