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Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

Test pilots (left-right) Joseph A. Walker, Stanley P. Butchart, and Walter P. Jones are seen standing in front of the…

F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle
F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle

The modified F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) carries out air flow studies on a flight from the Dryden Flight…

F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle
F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle

Smoke generators and yarn tufts are used for flow visualization studies on an F/A-18 flown by NASA’s Dryden Flight Research…

Block 1 Demonstrations Completed by X-45A
Block 1 Demonstrations Completed by X-45A

The DARPA/U.S. Air Force X-45A Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) system demonstration program completed the first phase of demonstrations, known…

F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle
F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle

A glycol-based liquid, released through very small holes around the nose of an F/A-18 flown by NASA’s Dryden Flight Research…

F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle
F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle

The F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) retains the basic F/A-18 cockpit controls with some exceptions.

F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle
F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle

James W. “Smoke” Smolka, a research pilot at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, since 1985, was co-project pilot…

Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft

The Theseus prototype research aircraft waits on the lakebed before its first test flight from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center,…

X-29 Cockpit and Instrument Panel
X-29 Cockpit and Instrument Panel

This 1989 photo shows the cockpit and instrument panel of the X-29 technology demonstrator aircraft.