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F-104A #820 in Flight
F-104A #820 in Flight

F-104A #820 in flight.

Flight at Dawn for Pathfinder
Flight at Dawn for Pathfinder

Pathfinder aircraft prepared for flight at dawn on lakebed. The Pathfinder was designed, built, and operated by AeroVironment, Inc., Monrovia,…

X-38 Glides to a Lakebed Landing
X-38 Glides to a Lakebed Landing

The X-38, a research vehicle built to help develop technology for an emergency Crew Return Vehicle (CRV), made a gentle…

Pathfinder in Flight Over Hawaii
Pathfinder in Flight Over Hawaii

Pathfinder in flight over Hawaii. The Pathfinder was designed, built, and operated by AeroVironment, Inc., Monrovia, CA.

Global Hawk: Past and Present Paint Schemes
Global Hawk: Past and Present Paint Schemes

NASA’s two Global Hawks, one sporting a NASA paint scheme, the other in its prior Air Force livery, were shown…

A-5A Vigilante
A-5A Vigilante

ET64-0319 A North American Aviation A-5A Vigilante (Navy serial number 147858/NASA tail number 858) arrived from the Naval Air Test…

F-16XL Ship #2 Supersonic Laminar Flow Control experiment
F-16XL Ship #2 Supersonic Laminar Flow Control experiment

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center’s modified F-16XL conducted testing on laminar flow during an Oct. 1996 research mission over the…

F-16XL Ship #2 Supersonic Laminar Flow Control experiment
F-16XL Ship #2 Supersonic Laminar Flow Control experiment

The laminar flow control panel in the left wing (dark area, forward center) of NASA’s F-16XL is highly visible in…

F-16XL Ship #2 Supersonic Laminar Flow Control experiment
F-16XL Ship #2 Supersonic Laminar Flow Control experiment

A laminar flow control experiment covering much of the left wing (dark area) of NASA’s F-16XL “848” is seen clearly…

F-16XL Ship #2 Supersonic Laminar Flow Control experiment
F-16XL Ship #2 Supersonic Laminar Flow Control experiment

The perforated titanium overlay mounted on the upper surface of the left wing is clearly evident on this view of…