The twin pusher engines of the prototype Theseus research aircraft can be clearly seen in this photo of the aircraft…
Paul F. Bikle, Hugh L. Dryden, and Walter C. Williams stand in front of the recently repaired and modified X-15A-2…
Test pilots (left-right) Joseph A. Walker, Stanley P. Butchart, and Walter P. Jones are seen standing in front of the…
The modified F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) carries out air flow studies on a flight from the Dryden Flight…
Smoke generators and yarn tufts are used for flow visualization studies on an F/A-18 flown by NASA’s Dryden Flight Research…
The DARPA/U.S. Air Force X-45A Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) system demonstration program completed the first phase of demonstrations, known…
A glycol-based liquid, released through very small holes around the nose of an F/A-18 flown by NASA’s Dryden Flight Research…
The F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) retains the basic F/A-18 cockpit controls with some exceptions.
James W. “Smoke” Smolka, a research pilot at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, since 1985, was co-project pilot…
