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

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

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…

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

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…

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

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

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 take off using JATO assist.

From December 10, 1966, until his retirement on February 27, 1976, Stan Butchart served as Chief (later, Director) of Flight…