Editing Lockheed X-7 (section)

{{Short description|Experimental aircraft to test ramjet engines and missile guidance technology}}
{{Infobox aircraft
  |name =X-7
  |image =X-7 USAF.jpg
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  |type = [[Experimental aircraft]]
  |manufacturer = [[Lockheed Corporation]]
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  |first_flight = April 26, 1951
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  |retired = 1960
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  |primary_user = [[United States Air Force]]
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  |developed_into= [[AQM-60 Kingfisher]]
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[[File:Lockheed X-7.jpg|alt=The black and yellow missile sits on display overlooking desert and mountains of New Mexico|thumb|A Lockheed X-7 on public display in New Mexico]]
The '''Lockheed X-7''' (dubbed the "Flying Stove Pipe") is an American unmanned test bed of the 1950s for [[ramjet]] engines and [[missile guidance]] technology. It was the basis for the later Lockheed [[AQM-60 Kingfisher]], a system used to test American air defenses against nuclear missile attack.