Paul F. Bikle, Hugh L. Dryden, and Walter C. Williams stand in front of the recently repaired and modified X-15A-2…
Test pilots (left-right) Joseph A. Walker, Stanley P. Butchart, and Walter P. Jones are seen standing in front of the…
The modified F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) carries out air flow studies on a flight from the Dryden Flight…
Smoke generators and yarn tufts are used for flow visualization studies on an F/A-18 flown by NASA’s Dryden Flight Research…
The DARPA/U.S. Air Force X-45A Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) system demonstration program completed the first phase of demonstrations, known…
A glycol-based liquid, released through very small holes around the nose of an F/A-18 flown by NASA’s Dryden Flight Research…
The F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) retains the basic F/A-18 cockpit controls with some exceptions.
James W. “Smoke” Smolka, a research pilot at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, since 1985, was co-project pilot…
The Theseus prototype research aircraft waits on the lakebed before its first test flight from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center,…
