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F-15A Highly Integrated Digital Electronic Control
F-15A Highly Integrated Digital Electronic Control

NASA’s highly modified F-15 (left), used for digital electronic flight and engine control systems research, was accompanied by an F-18…

F-15A Highly Integrated Digital Electronic Control
F-15A Highly Integrated Digital Electronic Control

NASA’s F-15A Highly Integrated Digital Electronic Control (HIDEC) research aircraft cruised over California’s Mojave Desert at sunset on a flight…

AeroVironment Technicians Remove Pathfinder-Plus from Ground Dolly
AeroVironment Technicians Remove Pathfinder-Plus from Ground Dolly

AeroVironment technicians removed the Pathfinder-Plus solar aircraft from its ground dolly before a turbulence measurement flight from Rogers Dry Lake.

Technicians Service X-1 in Preparation for Flight
Technicians Service X-1 in Preparation for Flight

Technicians servicing the Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1 in preparation for a flight.

B-52 Carries M2-F2 Aloft
B-52 Carries M2-F2 Aloft

The M2-F2 Lifting Body is carried aloft by the Air Force’s B-52 (tail number 003) prior to a research launch.

B-29 Mothership Aircraft
B-29 Mothership Aircraft

B-29 #800 with X-1B attached taxi’s in off of the lakebed.

X-29 Ship #2 on its First Flight
X-29 Ship #2 on its First Flight

This photo, taken from a chase plane below the aircraft, shows the number two X-29 on its first flight, May…

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…