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First Air-Tow of the M2-F1 Lifting Body
First Air-Tow of the M2-F1 Lifting Body

After initial ground-tow flights of the M2-F1 using the Pontiac as a tow vehicle, the way was clear to make…

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

Mark Pestana was a research pilot and project manager at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA.

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

Crowds thronged around NASA’s modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft and an Air Force B-1B Lancer at the Edwards Air Force…

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

One of NASA’s Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft flies over the Dryden Flight Research Center main building at Edwards, Calif.,…

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

NASA’s two modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft #911 (left) and #905 (right) were nose-to-nose on the ramp at NASA…

Dryden People
Dryden People

Laurie Grindle, aerospace engineer, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center.

Aircraft Fleet 1990s
Aircraft Fleet 1990s

NASA 831, an SR-71B operated by the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., cruises over the Mojave Desert with an…

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

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center pilot Tom McMurtry lands NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with Space Shuttle Discovery attached at Rockwell…

AeroVironment Crew Monitors Flight
AeroVironment Crew Monitors Flight

AeroVironment’s test director Jim Daley, backup pilot Rik Meininger, stability and controls engineer Derek Lisoski, and pilot Wyatt Sadler (clockwise…

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

Former research pilot Gary Krier was later the Director of Flight Operations of the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,…