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Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration
Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration

Northrop-Grumman Corporation’s modified U.S. Navy F-5E Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration (SSBD) aircraft.

Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration
Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s modified U.S. Navy F-5E Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration (SSBD) aircraft flies over Lake Isabella, California on Aug.…

Dryden People
Dryden People

The 100th flight of the heavy-weight lifting bodies was completed on October 5, 1972, with pilot Bill Dana soaring to…

Flight Simulators – Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle Oblique Wing Control Station
Flight Simulators – Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle Oblique Wing Control Station

The Oblique Wing Research Aircraft was a small, remotely piloted, research craft designed and flight tested to look at the…

Propulsion Controlled Aircraft
Propulsion Controlled Aircraft

A simple sketch on a TWA napkin by NASA Dryden engineer Frank W. “Bill” Burcham led to development and validation…

Proteus and T-34
Proteus and T-34

The Proteus aircraft and NASA Dryden’s T-34 in flight over Las Cruces, NM.

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

Bill Dana after HL-10 Lifting Body Flight.

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

NASA’s F-15B Research Testbed aircraft recently flew in the supersonic shock wave of a U.S. Navy F-5E in support of…

F-15B Research Support Aircraft
F-15B Research Support Aircraft

NASA’s highly modified F-15, being used for digital electronic flight and engine control systems research, is seen here on a…

F-15B Aerostructures Test Wing Flight Experiment
F-15B Aerostructures Test Wing Flight Experiment

A flight experiment called the Aerostructures Test Wing (ATW) conducted at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, successfully demonstrated…