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F-111 Advanced Fighter Technology Integration
F-111 Advanced Fighter Technology Integration

A modified General Dynamics AFTI/F-111A Aardvark with supercritical mission adaptive wings (MAW) installed is shown. The AFTI/F111A is seen banking…

F-111A Advanced Fighter Technology Integration
F-111A Advanced Fighter Technology Integration

A modified General Dynamics AFTI/F-111A Aardvark with supercritical mission adaptive wings (MAW) installed is shown. The AFTI/F111A is seen banking…

C-141A
C-141A

This photograph shows the Air Force C-141A that was used in the Eclipse project as a tow vehicle. The project…

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

In this 1956 photograph the Douglas D-558-II #1 is shown venting liquid oxigen (LOX).

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

NACA pilot A. Scott Crossfield next to the D-558-II after first Mach 2 flight.

Two X-29 Research Aircraft at Sunrise
Two X-29 Research Aircraft at Sunrise

This look-down view of NASA’s two X-29 research aircraft shows the aircraft lit by the golden rays of early morning…

SRA Displays its Air Data Systems
SRA Displays its Air Data Systems

This under-the-nose view of the modified F/A-18 Systems Research Aircraft at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, showed three…

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

Stan Butchart joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics’ (NACA) High-Speed Flight Research Station on May 10, 1951.

NACA pilot Bob Champine with P-51 #127
NACA pilot Bob Champine with P-51 #127

During a NACA Retirees Reunion at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center on Sept. 15, 2000, retired NACA/NASA research pilot Bob…

X-1 Rocket-Powered Research Aircraft
X-1 Rocket-Powered Research Aircraft

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