
NASA research pilot Bill Dana takes a moment to watch NASA’s NB-52B cruise overhead after a research flight in the…

Pilot Major Jerauld R. Gentry stands in front of the HL-10 Lifting Body. Gentry was the Air Force project pilot…

The wingless, lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,…

The wingless, lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,…

The HL-10 was one of five heavyweight lifting-body designs flown at NASA’s Flight Research Center (FRC-later Dryden Flight Research Center),…

The HL-10 is shown on the lakebed with its subsonic control surface configuration. The unusual shapes of the lifting bodies,…

The HL-10 in flight, turning to line up with lakebed runway 18. Bill Dana was the pilot for this flight,…

Air Force Major Peter Hoag stands in front of the HL-10 Lifting Body. Maj. Hoag joined the HL-10 program in…

The spectacular new camera installed on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4 in May has delivered the most…

The F-86F performed both pitch-up research and duties as a chase aircraft for the D-558-II.