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Aircraft Fleet 1960s
Aircraft Fleet 1960s

Flight Research Center and Dryden Flight Research Center engineer R. Dale Reed has long used free-flight models to test new…

X-1 with Shock Wave Pattern
X-1 with Shock Wave Pattern

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-1 (#46-062) in flight.

X-45 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle – Weapon Release
X-45 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle – Weapon Release

X-45A first GPS-guided weapon demonstration – weapon release.

Aircraft Fleet 1960s
Aircraft Fleet 1960s

After the M2-F1 (on the viewer’s left) proved the lifting-body concept, NASA and the Air Force began work on a…

X-29 Undergoes Forebody Vortex Flow Tests
X-29 Undergoes Forebody Vortex Flow Tests

Smoke generators in the nose of the X-29 aircraft were used to help researchers see the behavior of the air…

X-40A Space Maneuver Vehicle
X-40A Space Maneuver Vehicle

X-40A landing after free flight 4A.

Air Force Capt. Jerauld Gentry with M2-F2
Air Force Capt. Jerauld Gentry with M2-F2

Air Force Capt. Jerauld Gentry, shown with the M2-F2, made a total of 30 lifting-body flights in 5 different vehicles…

F-111 Transonic Aircraft Technology
F-111 Transonic Aircraft Technology

The General Dynamics Transonic Aircraft Technology (TACT)/F-111A Aardvark is seen In a banking turn over the California Mojave desert.

F-111A Transonic Aircraft Technology
F-111A Transonic Aircraft Technology

The General Dynamics Transonic Aircraft Technology (TACT)/F-111A (Serial #63-9778) banks over the Mojave Desert.

F-111A Transonic Aircraft Technology
F-111A Transonic Aircraft Technology

A modified General Dynamics Transonic Aircraft Technology (TACT)/F-111A Aardvaark with supercritical wings installed.