
TOW LAUNCH DEMONSTRATION – The Kelly Space & Technology (KST)/USAF/NASA Eclipse project’s modified QF-106 climbs out under tow by a…

Scaled Composites’ Doug Shane examines the screen of his ground control station during tests in New Mexico.

In this 1974 NASA Flight Research Center (FRC) photograph, the two chase aircraft, a Learjet and a Cessna T-37, are…

Two chase aircraft, a Learjet and a Cessna T-37, are shown in formation with a Boeing B-747 jetliner in this…

In this 1974 NASA Flight Research Center photograph, a Boeing B-747 jetliner is shown taking part in the trailing wake…

The Boeing 747 used for wingtip vortex research flights sits on the ramp at NASA’s Flight Research Center in Edwards,…

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1A (48-1384) in 1955 sitting on the Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards, CA.

On a nice day in November 1949 the NACA High-Speed Flight Station employees enjoy a break from a week of…

The research pilots at what in 1962 was called the Flight Research Center standing in front of the X-1E.