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Dryden People
Dryden People

NACA pilot John Griffith hands his flight gear to Dick Payne as crew members Ed Edwards and Clyde Bailey look…

X-1A Ejection Seat Test Setup
X-1A Ejection Seat Test Setup

Bell X-1A ejection seat test setup.

F-15B Supersonic Natural Laminar Flow Experiment
F-15B Supersonic Natural Laminar Flow Experiment

The primary goal of the SuperSonic Natural Laminar Flow experiment was to investigate the extent and stability of natural laminar…

F-15B Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration
F-15B Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration

In a role-reversal, Northrop Grumman Corp.’s modified F-5E Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration (SSBD) aircraft flies off the wing of NASA’s…

First LIFT Flight with Thermal Protection System Foam
First LIFT Flight with Thermal Protection System Foam

A close-up of the panels on the F-15B’s flight test fixture showed five divots of thermal protection system (TPS) foam…

F-15B Local Mach Investigation Instrumentation
F-15B Local Mach Investigation Instrumentation

NASA’s F-15B Research Testbed aircraft flew instrumentation in June 2004 called the Local Mach Investigation (LMI), designed to gather local…

F-15B Supersonic Natural Laminar Flow Experiment
F-15B Supersonic Natural Laminar Flow Experiment

F-15B on ramp showing closeup of the Supersonic Natural Laminar Flow (SS-NLF) experiment attached vertically to the centerline pylon.

Fleet Aircraft
Fleet Aircraft

The X-15A-2 with drop tanks and ablative coating is shown parked on the NASA ramp in front of the XB-70.

Fleet Aircraft
Fleet Aircraft

This photo shows NASA’s PIK-20 motor-glider sailplane on the ramp at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif.