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X-24A Drop Launched from B-52 Mothership
X-24A Drop Launched from B-52 Mothership

The X-24A lifting body lights its XLR-11 rocket engine and begins its powered flight after being drop launched from its…

X-5 with Pitot-Static Probe
X-5 with Pitot-Static Probe

This NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station photograph of the X-5 was taken at the South Base of Edwards Air Force…

Coming in for a Landing
Coming in for a Landing

The Pathfinder-Plus solar aircraft flew past NASA Dryden’s Space Shuttle hangar and Shuttle Carrier Aircraft as it descended for landing…

XF-91 Thunderceptor
XF-91 Thunderceptor

This NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station photograph of the Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor, was taken in 1951 on the South Base…

Wing Fences on Convair YF-102 Delta Dagger
Wing Fences on Convair YF-102 Delta Dagger

Convair YF-102 (53-1785) on the ramp at NACA High-Speed Flight Station, Edwards, CA, in 1955.

Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Michael V. Love with the X-24B
Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Michael V. Love with the X-24B

Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Michael V. Love in front of the X-24B lifting-body research vehicle at Edwards Air Force Base…

X-4 Bantam Undergoing Maintenance
X-4 Bantam Undergoing Maintenance

The X-4’s design allowed it to be separated into two parts, aft of the engines, for servicing and instrumentation work.

Liftoff Over Rogers Dry Lake
Liftoff Over Rogers Dry Lake

The Pathfinder-Plus solar-electric flying wing lifted off Rogers Dry Lake adjoining NASA Dryden Flight Research Center on a turbulence-measurement flight.

Convair YF-102 Delta Dagger
Convair YF-102 Delta Dagger

Convair YF-102 (53-1785) on the ramp at the NACA High-Speed Flight Station, Edwards, CA, in 1955.