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NASA Pilot Bruce Peterson and the M2-F2 Lifting Body
NASA Pilot Bruce Peterson and the M2-F2 Lifting Body

Bruce A. Peterson standing beside the M2-F2 lifting body on Rogers Dry Lake.

X-1E
X-1E

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1E airplane being loaded under the mothership, Boeing B-29. The X planes had originally been lowered…

Aircraft Fleet 1990s
Aircraft Fleet 1990s

A head-on view of the X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability Demonstrator aircraft, accompanied by a NASA F/A-18 chase aircraft during a…

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

Michael R. Swann joined the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Dryden Flight Research Center on June 5, 1978, transferring from…

X-1
X-1

A roll-out of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, bomber with the Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 mated and ready for flight. NACA…

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

David A. Wright was a research pilot and directorate chief in the Flight Operations Directorate at NASA’s Dryden (now Armstrong)…

A Closer Look at the Unusual Wing and Canard Design of the X-36
A Closer Look at the Unusual Wing and Canard Design of the X-36

This look-down view of the X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft on the ramp at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center,…

F-111E Integrated Propulsion Control System
F-111E Integrated Propulsion Control System

This NASA Dryden Flight Research Center photograph taken in 1975 shows the General Dynamic Integrated Propulsion Control System (IPCS)/F-111E Aardvark…

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

In March 1945 Joseph A. Walker joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics’ Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory, Cleveland, OH, (later…

X-29 Lifts Off to Begin Flight Test
X-29 Lifts Off to Begin Flight Test

The No. 2 X-29 technology demonstrator aircraft is shown as it lifts off from the runway at Edwards Air Force…