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X-5 Illustrates Wing Sweep Capability
X-5 Illustrates Wing Sweep Capability

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

X-24B Undergoes Landing Gear Drop Tests
X-24B Undergoes Landing Gear Drop Tests

Once a new research vehicle is delivered to Dryden from the contractor, it must undergo months of ground checkout before…

Convair XF-92A Dart
Convair XF-92A Dart

The Convair XF-92A aircraft was powered by an Allison J33-A turbojet engine with an afterburner, and was unique in having…

Overhead Shot of Convair YF-102 Delta Dagger
Overhead Shot of Convair YF-102 Delta Dagger

Convair JF-102A (54-1374) on the ramp at the NACA High-Speed Flight Station, Edwards, CA, in 1956.

Developmental Test Flights at Pacific Missile Range Facility
Developmental Test Flights at Pacific Missile Range Facility

Pathfinder-Plus flight in Hawaii, June 2002.

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…