
NASA research pilot Jim Smolka prepares to take off in NASA’s F/A-18 Systems Research Aircraft (SRA) for an External Vision…

This late 1960s photograph shows an early General Dynamics F-111A Aardvark in flight at the NASA Flight Research Center.

The number six prototype F-111A (Serial #63-9771) at the NASA Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

This 1949 photograph shows a Douglas D-558-II undergoing pre-flight operations on Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base.

AeroVironment pilot Wyatt Sadler controlled the Pathfinder-Plus flying wing from a small console, video, and computer monitors in the ground…

DFRC Employees Wish Gordo a Fond Farewell.

Smoke generators in the nose of the X-29 aircraft were used to help researchers see the behavior of the air…

The modified F-18 flown by NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., for high angle of attack research cruises over…

Dana D. Purifoy is an aerospace research pilot at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif.