Suggested Searches

Image Article

X-1-2 with the Boeing B-29 Launch Ship
X-1-2 with the Boeing B-29 Launch Ship

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 sitting on the ramp at NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station with the Boeing B-29 launch…

Aircraft Fleet 1950’s
Aircraft Fleet 1950’s

NASA Research Aircrafts

Aircraft Fleet 1990s
Aircraft Fleet 1990s

The three thrust-vectoring aircraft at Edwards, Calif., each capable of flying at extreme angles of attack, cruise over the California…

Validating Technologies for the Centurion/Helios Prototype
Validating Technologies for the Centurion/Helios Prototype

Pathfinder-Plus on a flight in 1998 over Hawaiian waters.

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

Research Pilot Ed Schneider in the cockpit of a McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet that was used in the High Alpha…

X-1 Aircraft Cockpit Instruments Display
X-1 Aircraft Cockpit Instruments Display

A Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1 series aircraft cockpit instruments display.

F-15A Aircraft
F-15A Aircraft

F-15A #281 in flight. NASA obtained the “A” model from the U.S. Air Force on Jan. 5, 1976, and used…

F-15A Space Shuttle Tile Testing
F-15A Space Shuttle Tile Testing

F-15 #281 (foreground) and F-104 #826 fly in formation during Space Shuttle tile testing.

F-15A Flight Research Facility
F-15A Flight Research Facility

F-15A #281 in flight over Mojave. NASA obtained the “A” model from the U.S. Air Force on Jan. 5, 1976,…

F-15A Flight Research Facility
F-15A Flight Research Facility

An in-flight photo of the NASA F-15A (foreground) used to carry a 10-degree cone to collect aerodynamic data to calibrate…