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1953 Fleet Photo: NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station
1953 Fleet Photo: NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station

A 1953 photo of some of the research aircraft at the NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station (now known as the…

F-15B Shuttle Foam Insulation Test
F-15B Shuttle Foam Insulation Test

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

F-15B Flutterometer Test
F-15B Flutterometer Test

A flight experiment conducted at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, successfully demonstrated a new software data analysis tool,…

F-15B Thermal Protection System Durability Test
F-15B Thermal Protection System Durability Test

A close up of the Flight Test Fixture II, mounted on the underside of the F-15B Aerodynamic Flight Facility aircraft.

F-15B Propulsion Flight Test Fixture
F-15B Propulsion Flight Test Fixture

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center’s new in-house designed Propulsion Flight Test Fixture (PFTF) is an airborne engine test facility that…

F-15B Shuttle Foam Insulation Test
F-15B Shuttle Foam Insulation Test

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

Dryden People
Dryden People

Dr. Michael H. Gorn, Chief Historian at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center

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)…