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Iron Cross Attitude Simulator
Iron Cross Attitude Simulator

The control stick used on the Iron Cross Attitude Simulator. Although it resembled today’s desktop computer flight sticks, its operation…

Butchart on the Iron Cross Attitude Simulator
Butchart on the Iron Cross Attitude Simulator

NACA High-Speed Flight Station test pilot Stan Butchart flying the Iron Cross, the mechanical reaction control simulator.

Dryden People
Dryden People

NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center marked its 60th anniversary as the aerospace agency’s lead center for atmospheric flight research and…

Lockheed P-3D Orion
Lockheed P-3D Orion

This photo shows the Shuttle tile flight test fixture under the wing of a National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration WP-3D…

Lockheed P-3D Orion
Lockheed P-3D Orion

This photo shows the Shuttle tile flight test fixture under the wing of a National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration WP-3D…

Dryden People
Dryden People

Marta Bohn-Meyer, Chief Engineer, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center.

Flight Simulators – Black Box Cockpit
Flight Simulators – Black Box Cockpit

The Flight Research Center Simulation Laboratory’s (FSL) first cockpit was constructed of plywood, and had a movable seat, removable instrument…

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

Fullerton’s Final Mission

Fleet Aircraft
Fleet Aircraft

The support crew for the F-16A, the F-16XL no. 1, and the F-16 AFTI.

Control Surfaces Maneuvered for Each Wind Tunnel Test
Control Surfaces Maneuvered for Each Wind Tunnel Test

After the first attempted ground-tow tests of the M2-F1 in March 1963, the vehicle was taken to the Ames Research…