The first flight of a large aircraft to be powered by electric fuel cells began with a takeoff at 8:43…
Helios Prototype Flying Wing
A technician at AeroVironment’s Design Development Center in Simi Valley, Calif., checks a panel of silicon solar cells for conductivity…
Technician Marshall MacCready carefully lays a panel of solar cells into place on a wing section of the Helios Prototype…
The NASA-Dryden Integrated Test Facility (ITF), also known as the Walter C. Williams Research Aircraft Integration Facility (RAIF), provides an…
The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1E mounted at a jaunty angle in front of the main building (4800) at NASA (now…
The Helios Prototype is an enlarged version of the Centurion flying wing, which flew a series of test flights at…
Helios Prototype Flying Wing flying above Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards, CA.
This photo of two swept-wing airplanes was taken on the ramp of the NACA High-Speed Flight Station.
Operational checks of the flight control and instrumentation systems on the F-15B #837, were done in a test bay in…
