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Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

Kelly Latimer was a research pilot in the Flight Crew Branch of NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA.

Fleet Aircraft
Fleet Aircraft

The three thrust-vectoring aircraft at Edwards, Calif., each capable of flying at extreme angles of attack, cruise over the California…

F5D-1 Skylancer
F5D-1 Skylancer

The big block letters “TEST” on the upper fuselage of this Douglas F5D-1 Skylancer (Bu. No. 139208/NASA tail number 212)…

F5D-1 Skylancer
F5D-1 Skylancer

F5D Skylancer with camera installed in nose.

F5D-1 Skylancer
F5D-1 Skylancer

F5D Skylancer #213 taxis in after a mission.

F5D-1 Skylancer
F5D-1 Skylancer

F5D Skylancer in flight (copy negative).

F5D-1 Skylancer
F5D-1 Skylancer

F5D Skylancer NASA 212 modified as the X-20 Dyna-Soar vision field simulator.

Canopy Change Seen on X-1A
Canopy Change Seen on X-1A

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1A (48-1384) was photographed in July 1955 sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force…

Fleet Aircraft
Fleet Aircraft

In the center foreground of this 1953 hangar photo is the YF-84A (NACA 134/Air Force 45-59490) used for vortex generator…

Fleet Aircraft
Fleet Aircraft

Four different versions of the F-16 were used by Dryden in the 1990s.