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F-15B Supporting the  X-33 Thermal Protection System Experiment
F-15B Supporting the X-33 Thermal Protection System Experiment

In-flight photo of the NASA F-15B used in tests of the X-33 Thermal Protection System (TPS) materials. Flying at subsonic…

F-15B Supporting the Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration
F-15B Supporting the Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration

NASA’s F-15B research testbed jet from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center flew in the supersonic shockwave of a Northrop Grumman…

F-15B
F-15B

NASA’s two modified F-15B research aircraft joined up for a fly-over of NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, CA,…

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 Supporting the Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration
F-15B Supporting the Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration

NASA’s F-15B research testbed jet from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center flew in the supersonic shockwave of a Northrop-Grumman Corp.…

Fleet Aircraft
Fleet Aircraft

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

Proteus and F/A-18 in Low-Level Fly By
Proteus and F/A-18 in Low-Level Fly By

Scaled Composites’ Proteus aircraft and an F/A-18 Hornet from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center during a low-level flyby at Las…

Flight Simulators – Apex Remotely PIloted Sailplane
Flight Simulators – Apex Remotely PIloted Sailplane

The Apex test vehicle was to have been a remotely piloted, highly modified commercial sailplane.

X-31 and Additional Research Aircraft
X-31 and Additional Research Aircraft

A group photo of research aircraft at NASA’s Ames/Dryden Flight Research Facility in 1993.

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

This 1975 photo shows the X-24B lifting body, with a Lockheed F-104N chase plane in formation beside it, gliding to…