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Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

Rick Searfoss became a research pilot in the Flight Crew Branch of NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, in…

Fleet Aircraft, 2000
Fleet Aircraft, 2000

Aerospace industry representatives view actual and mock-up versions of ‘X-Planes’ intended to enhance access to space during a technical exposition…

Dryden People
Dryden People

April 24, 2001

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

This 1952 NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station inflight photograph of the Douglas D-558-I #3 Skystreak. Even with partial cloud cover…

NACA Aircraft: D-558-II, D-558-I, X-5, X-1, XF-92A, and X-4
NACA Aircraft: D-558-II, D-558-I, X-5, X-1, XF-92A, and X-4

NACA Research Aircraft — D-558-II, D-558-I, X-5, X-1, XF-92A, X-4

X-1B on the Lakebed
X-1B on the Lakebed

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1B, seen here on the lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, CA, was first flown for…

F-15A Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle
F-15A Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle

This photograph shows one of NASA’s 3/8th-scale F-15 remotely piloted research vehicles under the wing of the B-52 mothership in…

F-15A Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle
F-15A Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle

The sub-scale F-15 Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle, or RPRV, was flown by a pilot from this remote control station at…

F-15A Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle
F-15A Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle

This photograph shows NASA’s 3/8th-scale remotely piloted research vehicle landing on Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, California,…