
The B-720 after impact and sliding through the wing openers became enveloped in a fireball.

The X-31 aircraft, on a research mission from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, is flying nearly perpendicular to…

The B-720 is seen viewed moments after impact and just before hitting the wing openers.

Moments after hitting and sliding through the wing openers the aircraft burst into flame, with a spectacular fireball seen emanating…

NASA Dryden flight test engineer Marta Bohn-Meyer is suited up for a research flight in the F-16XL laminar-flow control experiment…

2004 NASA Dryden Research Pilots

The Hyper III was a full-scale lifting-body remotely piloted research vehicle (RPRV) built at what was then the NASA Flight…

The Hyper III was a low-cost test vehicle for an advanced lifting-body shape. Like the earlier M2-F1, it was a…

Left to right: Richard C. Eldredge, Dale Reed, James O. Newman, and Bob McDonald with the mothership (top) and other…

Alma Warner (front) and Karen Estes use sophisticated computer software programming to calibrate a gyro package in the Avionics lab…