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

The Space Shuttle prototype Enterprise flies free after being released from NASA’s 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) to begin a…

Pathfinder-Plus Remotely Piloted Flying Wing
Pathfinder-Plus Remotely Piloted Flying Wing

Pathfinder-Plus on a flight over the Hawaiian island of N’ihau in 1998.

Center Fin Added to M2-F3 Lifting Body
Center Fin Added to M2-F3 Lifting Body

Redesigned and rebuilt from the M2-F2, the M2-F3 featured as its most visible change a center fin for greater stability.

Aircraft Fleet 1980s
Aircraft Fleet 1980s

NASA’s PIK-20 motor-glider sailplane on the ramp at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California.

Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft

The twin pusher engines of the prototype Theseus research aircraft can be clearly seen in this photo of the aircraft…

Directors
Directors

Paul F. Bikle, Hugh L. Dryden, and Walter C. Williams stand in front of the recently repaired and modified X-15A-2…

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

Test pilots (left-right) Joseph A. Walker, Stanley P. Butchart, and Walter P. Jones are seen standing in front of the…

F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle
F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle

The modified F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) carries out air flow studies on a flight from the Dryden Flight…

F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle
F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle

Smoke generators and yarn tufts are used for flow visualization studies on an F/A-18 flown by NASA’s Dryden Flight Research…

Block 1 Demonstrations Completed by X-45A
Block 1 Demonstrations Completed by X-45A

The DARPA/U.S. Air Force X-45A Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) system demonstration program completed the first phase of demonstrations, known…