The Pathfinder-Plus solar-electric flying wing lifted off Rogers Dry Lake adjoining NASA Dryden Flight Research Center on a turbulence-measurement flight.
Convair YF-102 (53-1785) on the ramp at the NACA High-Speed Flight Station, Edwards, CA, in 1955.
The Atmospheric Turbulence Measurement System booms extended forward from the Pathfinder-Plus solar wing as it soared over Rogers Dry Lake…
In this 1952 photograph NACA test pilot Joe Walker (on left) is seen discussing tests points to be flown on…
Bob Cummings, a technician at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, checked out a new “Smart Skin” antenna mounted…
Moments before the F-104 and XB-70 collided, the ill-fated formation flight centered on the XB-70, flanked by a T-38A, F-4B,…
One of NASA’s F/A-18 Hornets on the ramp at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, at dawn August 6,…
William H. Dana poses in front of the X-24B after his last powered lifting-body flight on September 23, 1975.
The Atmospheric Turbulence Measurement System booms were clearly evident in this view of the Pathfinder-Plus solar aircraft as it flew…
In this 1950 view of the left side of the NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station’s X-4 research aircraft, the low…