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Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

Marie Fullerton Celebrates Gordo’s Last Flight.

X-1 and Her Crew
X-1 and Her Crew

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 parked on the ramp at NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station with the crew in 1949.

Lifting off at the Mojave Airport
Lifting off at the Mojave Airport

The uniquely-shaped Proteus high-altitude research aircraft lifts off from the runway at the Mojave Airport in Mojave, CA.

Wooden Shell of M2-F1 Lifting Body
Wooden Shell of M2-F1 Lifting Body

Wooden shell of the M2-F1 being assembled at El Mirage, CA.

X-45 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle
X-45 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle

X-45A Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle, or UCAV, technology demonstration aircraft in flight during its first flight at Edwards Air Force…

Space Shuttle Prototype Approach and Landing Tests
Space Shuttle Prototype Approach and Landing Tests

The Space Shuttle prototype Enterprise flies free of NASA’s 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) during one of five free flights…

Visitors
Visitors

Rep. Ken Calvert, (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, received an update on the mission of…

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

Neil Armstrong joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics at the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, Cleveland, OH, in 1955.

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) Space Shuttle Ferry
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) Space Shuttle Ferry

The Space Shuttle Endeavour, mounted securely atop one of NASA’s modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

NACA Pilots Champine and Hoover with X-1
NACA Pilots Champine and Hoover with X-1

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 and two of the NACA pilots that flew the aircraft.