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

Pathfinder-Plus flying over the Hawaiian Islands in 1998 with Ni’ihau Island in the background.

Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft

The Theseus prototype remotely-piloted aircraft (RPA) waits on the lakebed before its first test flight from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research…

NASA Pilot Milt Thompson Awaits his M2-F2 Flight
NASA Pilot Milt Thompson Awaits his M2-F2 Flight

NASA research pilot Milt Thompson sits in the M2-F2 “heavyweight” lifting body research vehicle before a 1966 test flight.

X-45 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle in Flight
X-45 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle in Flight

X-45A in flight with F-18 #846 chase aircraft, during first GPS-guided weapon demonstration flight.

NASA’s B-52 Air-Drops the M2-F3 Lifting Body
NASA’s B-52 Air-Drops the M2-F3 Lifting Body

M2-F3 Lifting Body was air-dropped from NASA’s B-52 mothership at the NASA Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA.

F-14 Tomcat
F-14 Tomcat

NASA’s F-14 (tail number 991, Navy serial number 157991) in 1980, soon after its arrival at the Dryden Flight Research…

F-14 Tomcat
F-14 Tomcat

NASA 834, an F-14 Navy Tomcat, was used at Dryden in 1986 and 1987 in a program known as the…

F-14 Tomcat
F-14 Tomcat

NASA 834, an F-14 Navy Tomcat, was used at Dryden in 1986 and 1987 in a program known as the…

F/A-18 Chase for X-45A Demonstration Flight
F/A-18 Chase for X-45A Demonstration Flight

X-45A in flight with F/A-18 #846 chase aircraft, during first GPS-guided weapon demonstration flight.

Multiple Uses for Remotely Piloted Flying Wing
Multiple Uses for Remotely Piloted Flying Wing

With its sensor booms projecting ahead of the wing, the Pathfinder-Plus solar-electric aircraft soared under a blue sky on a…