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

This 1953 NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station photograph shows the Douglas D-558-2 #2 Skyrocket (NACA 144), prior to flight, being…

F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire
F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire

F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire in flight.

F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire
F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire

The F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire aircraft in flight.

F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire
F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire

The display and keyboard (DSKY) unit used on the F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire (DFBW) aircraft during Phase I of the fly-by-wire…

F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire
F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire

The Apollo hardware jammed into the F-8C. The computer is partially visible in the avionics bay at the top of…

F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire
F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire

The F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire aircraft in flight. The computer-controlled flight systems pioneered by the F-8 DFBW created a revolution in…

X-29 Banks over Desert Terrain
X-29 Banks over Desert Terrain

The No. 1 X-29 advanced technology demonstrator aircraft banks over desert terrain near NASA’s Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA.

X-45 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle
X-45 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle

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

D-558-II Skyrocket
D-558-II Skyrocket

This 1954 photograph shows a Douglas D-558-II under the P2B-1S (Navy designation for a B-29) launch aircraft. The P2B-1S has…

D-558-II Skyrocket
D-558-II Skyrocket

D-558-II Skyrocket take off using JATO assist.