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Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center’s chief pilot Gordon Fullerton in the cockpit of the Center’s T-38 Talon mission support aircraft.

D-558-I Skystreak
D-558-I Skystreak

The Douglas D-558-I #2 Skystreak is pictured here with test pilot Eugene May (Douglas Aircraft Company) on the left and…

Mission Control Gold Room
Mission Control Gold Room

The Mission Control Gold Room is seen here during a research flight of the X-29 at the Dryden Flight Research…

X-24B Lifting Body Glides to a Landing on Rogers Dry Lake
X-24B Lifting Body Glides to a Landing on Rogers Dry Lake

This 1975 photo shows the X-24B lifting body gliding to a landing on Rogers Dry Lake, adjacent to the NASA…

D-558-I Skystreak
D-558-I Skystreak

The Douglas D-558-I Skystreak is seen close-up in this 1949 photograph. The D-558-I made its landing approach at about 210…

D-558-I Skystreak
D-558-I Skystreak

The Douglas D-558-I Skystreak is seen close-up in this early 1950’s in-flight photograph. Although less well known than the X-1,…

Another Angle of X-1B, Fitted with Reaction Control System
Another Angle of X-1B, Fitted with Reaction Control System

Bell X-1B, fitted with a reaction control system, posed on the lakebed.

F/A-18 Chase Aircraft
F/A-18 Chase Aircraft

A large crane gingerly lowers an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft onto a 28-foot-tall pedestal in front of the municipal baseball stadium…

F/A-18 Chase Aircraft
F/A-18 Chase Aircraft

Two NASA F/A-18s flown by NASA Dryden research pilots Jim Smolka and Nils Larson cruise over the Texas landscape after…

F/A-18 Chase Aircraft
F/A-18 Chase Aircraft

An F/A-18 aircraft formerly flown by NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., is lifted by crane toward what has…