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Helios Prototype Flying Wing
Helios Prototype Flying Wing

The first flight of a large aircraft to be powered by electric fuel cells began with a takeoff at 8:43…

MD-11 Flight Simulator with Gordon Fullerton at the Controls
MD-11 Flight Simulator with Gordon Fullerton at the Controls

MD-11 Flight Simulator with Gordon Fullerton at the Controls

Hydraulic Lifts Lower B-29 Mothership over X-1E
Hydraulic Lifts Lower B-29 Mothership over X-1E

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1E airplane being loaded under the mothership, Boeing B-29.

F-15B Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicles
F-15B Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicles

Pilots Larry Walker and Rogers Smith gathered Jet Interaction Effects and Intelligent Flight Controls data during a November 1996 Phase…

F-15B #837 Flies ACTIVE Advanced Engine Technologies
F-15B #837 Flies ACTIVE Advanced Engine Technologies

The F-15B used for the Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicles (ACTIVE) project, seen in flight above the Mojave desert…

Multi-Axis Thrust-Vectoring Engine Exhaust Nozzles on F-15B
Multi-Axis Thrust-Vectoring Engine Exhaust Nozzles on F-15B

Sporting a brilliant red, white, and blue paint job, this highly-modified F-15B (Serial #71-0290) was flown in the Advanced Control…

F-15B During ACTIVE Project Flight
F-15B During ACTIVE Project Flight

NASA’s F-15B research aircraft flew over the desert near Boron, CA, as it headed back to NASA’s Dryden Flight Research…

SR-71 Flight Simulator
SR-71 Flight Simulator

Electronics technician Joe Ciganek was responsible for operation and maintenance of the SR-71 simulator while it was at NASA’s Dryden…

SR-71 Moving Base Flight Simulator
SR-71 Moving Base Flight Simulator

This moving base simulator was received in 1990 and is primarily a training and procedural trainer. It has been used…

X-1E on the Lakebed
X-1E on the Lakebed

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1E is shown here on the Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, CA.