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Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

Former NASA astronaut Gordon Fullerton, seated in the cockpit of an F/A-18, was a research pilot at NASA’s Dryden Flight…

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

A look-down view on the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis piggy-backed on top of one of NASA’s Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier…

Dryden People
Dryden People

The NASA Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center’s Life Support staff is a very important group of people.

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

A water-cannon salute from two Air Force fire trucks heralds NASA research pilot Gordon Fullerton’s final mission as his NASA…

M2-F1 Used as Check-Out Vehicle for Other Pilots
M2-F1 Used as Check-Out Vehicle for Other Pilots

After the initial M2-F1 airtow flights, the NASA Flight Research Center used the vehicle to check out other pilots.

B-57B Canberra
B-57B Canberra

In this NASA Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility photograph taken in 1982 the B-57B Canberra is shown making atmospheric measurements near…

Dryden People
Dryden People

Veterans of the X-15 flight research program, most of them now retired, reunited at Dryden on the 40th anniversary of…

CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft
CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft

Created from a 1/16th model of a German World War II tank, the Tire Assault Vehicle (TAV) was an important…

CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft
CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft

A NASA CV-990, modified as a Landing Systems Research Aircraft (LSRA), in flight over NASA’s Dryden (now Armstrong) Flight Research…