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Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

Bruce Peterson joined NASA in August 1960 as an engineer at the Flight Research Center.

M2-F1 Used for Research Flights and as Check-Out Vehicle
M2-F1 Used for Research Flights and as Check-Out Vehicle

Following the first M2-F1 air-tow flight on 16 August 1963, the Flight Research Center used the vehicle for both research…

Dryden People
Dryden People

Lori Losey

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

Dryden research pilots in August 1995.

Aerial View of Dryden Flight Research Center
Aerial View of Dryden Flight Research Center

For almost a half century the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, has developed a unique and highly specialized capability…

CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft
CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft

Taking off on a flight from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, is NASA’s Landing Systems Research Aircraft (LSRA),…

CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft
CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft

A NASA CV-990, modified as a Landing Systems Research Aircraft (LSRA), lands on the Edwards AFB main runway in test…

X-31 with Research Aircraft on Ramp
X-31 with Research Aircraft on Ramp

A collection of NASA’s research aircraft on the ramp at the Dryden Flight Research Center in July 1997: X-31, F-15B,…

F-105 Thunderchief
F-105 Thunderchief

Side view of a F-105B (serial #54-0102) photographed on Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. in 1959.

M2-F1 Tests Instant L/D Rocket on Lakebed
M2-F1 Tests Instant L/D Rocket on Lakebed

The M2-F1 Lifting Body is seen here testing its “instant L/D rocket” on the lakebed at NASA’s Flight Research Center,…