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F-15B Lifting Foam Trajectory flight test series
F-15B Lifting Foam Trajectory flight test series

Two panels of Space Shuttle thermal protection system (TPS) insulation were mounted on the flight test fixture underneath NASA’s F-15B…

F-15B Shuttle Foam Insulation Tests
F-15B Shuttle Foam Insulation Tests

Test panels covered with an advanced foam insulation material for the Space Shuttle’s giant external fuel tank were test flown…

F-15B Lifting Insulating Foam Trajectory flight test series
F-15B Lifting Insulating Foam Trajectory flight test series

A post-flight inspection of the panels on the F-15B’s flight test fixture showed five divots of thermal protection system (TPS)…

Fleet Aircraft
Fleet Aircraft

Both the HL-10 and X-15A2, shown here parked on the NASA ramp in 1966, underwent modifications.

Flying Over the Tehachapi Mountains
Flying Over the Tehachapi Mountains

The unique shape of the Proteus high-altitude aircraft is clearly visible in this photo of the plane in flight above…

Dryden People
Dryden People

Gwen Young

North American P-51D Mustang
North American P-51D Mustang

A Naitonal Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) research pilot runs up the engine of the F-51D Mustang on the taxiway…

North American P-51D Mustang
North American P-51D Mustang

The huge compass rose on Rogers Dry Lake formed a backdrop for a genuine National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)…

NACA pilot Bob Champine with P-51 #127
NACA pilot Bob Champine with P-51 #127

Retired NACA/NASA research pilot Bob Champine was reunited with NACA #127, the modified P-51D that he flew on aeronautical research…