In this 1974 NASA Flight Research Center photograph, a Boeing B-747 jetliner is shown taking part in the trailing wake…
The Boeing 747 used for wingtip vortex research flights sits on the ramp at NASA’s Flight Research Center in Edwards,…
The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1A (48-1384) in 1955 sitting on the Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards, CA.
On a nice day in November 1949 the NACA High-Speed Flight Station employees enjoy a break from a week of…
The research pilots at what in 1962 was called the Flight Research Center standing in front of the X-1E.
The F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire (left) and F-8 Supercritical Wing in flight.
Scaled Composites’ unique tandem-wing Proteus was the testbed for a series of UAV collision-avoidance flight demonstrations.
Shot of the QF-106 aircraft in flight with the landing gear deployed.
View of the release hook on the QF-106 that allowed the pilot to release the tow rope extending from the…
This photograph shows the Air Force C-141A that was used in the Eclipse project as a tow vehicle. The project…
