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Aircraft Fleet 1960s
Aircraft Fleet 1960s

Hangar 4802 at the NASA Flight Research Center in 1966.

Wind Tunnel Tests of the M2-F2 Lifting Body
Wind Tunnel Tests of the M2-F2 Lifting Body

The M2-F2 lifting body undergoing tests in the Ames Research Center’s 40-by-80-foot wind tunnel.

Helios Prototype Flying Wing
Helios Prototype Flying Wing

As a follow-on to the Centurion (and earlier Pathfinder and Pathfinder-Plus) aircraft, the solar-powered Helios Prototype is the latest and…

Helios Prototype Flying Wing
Helios Prototype Flying Wing

The 247-foot length of the Helios prototype wing is in evidence as the high-altitude, solar-powered flying wing rests on its…

D-558-2 Skyrocket
D-558-2 Skyrocket

The D-558-2 is launched from the Navy P2B-1S (Navy designation for the B-29) in this 1950s photograph. The early Douglas…

Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport
Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport

The modified Tu-144LL supersonic flying laboratory is rolled out of its hangar at the Zhukovsky Air Development Center near Moscow,…

Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport
Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport

U.S. Ambassador Pickering addresses Russian and American dignitaries, industry representatives, and members of the press during a roll-out ceremony for…

NACA pilot Bob Champine with P-51 #127
NACA pilot Bob Champine with P-51 #127

During a NACA Retirees Reunion at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center on Sept. 15, 2000, retired NACA/NASA research pilot Bob…

Aircraft Fleet 1960s
Aircraft Fleet 1960s

The wingless, lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,…

Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport
Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport

The Tupolev Tu-144LL SST Flying Laboratory rolls down the runway at the Zhukovsky Air Development Center near Moscow, Russia, after…