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Where Are They Now?   The NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's Historic Aircraft

Want to know where you can see some of the most famous, cutting-edge aerospace vehicles ever flown? Fire-up the afterburner and cruise through this list to see where these historic NASA air and spacecraft have come home to roost.

AD-1 in flight, seen from above. AD-1 805
Hiller Aviation Museum
X-15 launch from B-52 mothership B-52B 003
Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, AZ
B-52 launches X-43A B-52B 008
Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards AFB, CA


C-140 Lockheed C-140 JetStar 814NA
Joe Davies Air Park, Palmdale, CA
CV-990 parked CV-990 810
Mojave Airport, Mojave, CA
D-558-1 and crew D-558-1 #1
Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, FL


D-558-1 in flight D-558-1 #3
Carolinas Aviation Museum
NASM, Wash., DC
D-558-2 #1 D-558-2 #1 Skyrocket
Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, CA
D-558-2 parked D-558-2 #2 Skyrocket
National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC


D-558-2 #3 D-558-2 #3
Antelope Valley College, Lancaster, CA
F-8 DFBW F-8 Digital Fly By Wire
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA
F-8 SCW F-8 Supercritical Wing
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA


F-15 RPRV F-15A RPRV/SRV
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA
F-18 HARV F-18 HARV 840NA
Virginia Air & Space Center, Hampton, VA
F-18 F-18 NASA 842NA
Clear Channel Stadium, Lancaster, CA


F-104 818 in hangar F-104A N818NA   (JF-104A)
National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC
F-104A / N820NA F-104A/ N820NA 0790
Air Force Flight Test Center Museum
F-104B F-104B N819NA
McClellan AFB, Sacramento, CA


F-104G and B-52 in flight F-104G N824NA
Estrella Warbird Museum, Paso Robles, CA
F-104_826 in flightF-104G N826NA
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA
F-104-811 in flight F-104N N811NA 4045
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University


F-104 F-104N N812NA
Lockheed Martin, Palmdale, CA
F-107 #1 55-5118 F-107 #1 55-5118
Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ
F-5D parked F5D-1 Skylancer  802NA
Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum, Wapakoneta, Ohio


Douglas FD5 F5D-1 Skylancer
NASA 212, later 708, Ontario Municipal Airport, Ontario, Oregon.
HL-10 HL-10
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA
HiMat HiMAT
National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC


LLRV Lunar Landing Research Vehicle #2
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA
M2-F1 M2-F1
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA
M2-F3 M2-F3
National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC


Paresev Paraglider Research Vehicle (Paresev) 1-A
National Air and Space Museum
PA-30 Piper PA-30 808NA
Kings River Community College, Reedley, CA
Pathfinder-Plus Pathfinder Plus
National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC


Space Shuttle Enterprise and 747 Space Shuttle Prototype Enterprise
Nat. Air and Space Museum
SR-71A SR-71A 61-7980
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA
SR-71B. SR-71B 61-7956
Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo, MI


SR-71 on ramp SR-71
Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, AZ
Schweizer Schweizer 1-36
National Soaring
Museum, Elmira
New York

X-1 X-1 Glamorous Glennis
National Air and Space Museum


X-1B X-1B
National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, OH
X-1E X-1E
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA
X-3 X-3
National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, OH


X-4 X-4 #2
Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards Air Force Base
X-5 X-5
National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, OH
X-15 #1 X-15 #1
National Air and Space Museum, Wash. DC


X-15 X-15A-2
National Museum of the USAF
X-24B X-24B
National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, OH
X-29 X-29
National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, OH


X-31 X-31 #2
Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim, Germany
X-36 X-36 #1
National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, OH
X-38 mounted on B-52 pylon X-38 V-131
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum


X-38 X-38 V-132
Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, Nebraska
X-45A X-45A #1 Blue
National Air and Space Museum, Wash. DC
X-45 X-45A #2 Red
National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, OH


XB-70A XB-70 #1
National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, OH
YF-12 in flight YF-12
National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, OH