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Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche
Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche

Technicians check instrumentation and systems on NASA 808, a PA-30 aircraft, prior to a research flight. The aircraft was used…

D-558-I Skystreak
D-558-I Skystreak

NACA test pilot Robert Champine is in the cockpit of the Douglas D-558-I Skystreak with the ground crew. Robert A.…

Douglas R4D Skytrain
Douglas R4D Skytrain

This Photograph taken in 1956 shows the first of three R4D Skytrain aircraft on the ramp behind the NACA High-Speed…

Douglas R4D Skytrain
Douglas R4D Skytrain

This photograph taken in 1956 shows the first of three R4D Skytrain aircraft on the ramp behind the NACA High-Speed…

Douglas R4D Skytrain
Douglas R4D Skytrain

NASA Flight Research Center’s Douglas R4D-5/C-47H (Bu. No. 17136) in flight, with its landing gear extended, in 1963.

Women Computers at Dryden
Women Computers at Dryden

The late 1940s saw increased flight activity, and more women computers were needed at the NACA Muroc Flight Test Unit…

Dryden People
Dryden People

NASA’s Hyper-X Program Manager Vince Rausch talks about the X-43.

1953 Fleet Photo: NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station
1953 Fleet Photo: NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station

A 1953 photo of some of the research aircraft at the NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station (now known as the…

F-15B Shuttle Foam Insulation Test
F-15B Shuttle Foam Insulation Test

Test panels covered with an advanced foam insulation material for the Space Shuttle’s giant external fuel tank were test flown…