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Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) Space Shuttle Ferry
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) Space Shuttle Ferry

Space Shuttle Discovery being unloaded from NASA’s Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) at Rockwell Aerospace’s Palmdale facility for nine…

Helios Prototype Flying Wing
Helios Prototype Flying Wing

The Helios Prototype is an enlarged version of the Centurion flying wing, which flew a series of test flights at…

Helios Prototype Flying Wing
Helios Prototype Flying Wing

Helios Prototype Flying Wing in flight.

Helios Prototype Flying Wing
Helios Prototype Flying Wing

As a follow-on to the Centurion (and earlier Pathfinder and Pathfinder-Plus) aircraft, the solar-powered Helios Prototype is the latest and…

Helios Prototype Flying Wing
Helios Prototype Flying Wing

The first flight of a large aircraft to be powered by electric fuel cells began with a takeoff at 8:43…

MD-11 Flight Simulator with Gordon Fullerton at the Controls
MD-11 Flight Simulator with Gordon Fullerton at the Controls

MD-11 Flight Simulator with Gordon Fullerton at the Controls

Hydraulic Lifts Lower B-29 Mothership over X-1E
Hydraulic Lifts Lower B-29 Mothership over X-1E

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1E airplane being loaded under the mothership, Boeing B-29.

F-15B Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicles
F-15B Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicles

Pilots Larry Walker and Rogers Smith gathered Jet Interaction Effects and Intelligent Flight Controls data during a November 1996 Phase…

F-15B #837 Flies ACTIVE Advanced Engine Technologies
F-15B #837 Flies ACTIVE Advanced Engine Technologies

The F-15B used for the Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicles (ACTIVE) project, seen in flight above the Mojave desert…