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National Plan for Aeronautics Research and Development
12.28.07 - The plan is aligned with and serves as a follow-on to the National Aeronautics Research and Development Policy of 2006.
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NASA Aviation Pioneer Richard Whitcomb Honored
12.18.07 - Richard Whitcomb's intellectual fingerprints are on virtually every commercial aircraft flying today, says noted aviation historian Tom Crouch.
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NASA Lightning Research on ABC News 20/20
12.11.07 - NASA's Bruce Fisher flew in a plane that was struck by lightning more than 700 times ... on purpose.
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Aeronautics Sabbatical
12.10.07 - A German engineer and father takes his family along on an aeronautics 'sabbatical' at NASA to get back to his researcher roots.
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Ed Lewis - His Contrail Remains at NASA
12.07.07 - Remembered at Dryden as "a contrail that won’t dissipate" .
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Perfecting the Autopilot
12.07.07 - NASA engineer Mark Motter pursues the dream of reliable automated flight using jet-powered scale model planes.
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Time Magazine: X-48B One of Year's Top Inventions
11.08.07 - Time Magazine hailed the X-48B Blended Wing Body aircraft for its innovative design and potential to transform air transportation.
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Skyray 48 Takes Flight
09.11.07 - Remotely piloted plane to demonstrate blended wing shape.
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Bill Dana - Rocket Pilot
09.04.07 - X-15 test pilot William H. "Bill" Dana kept the rocket plane on track as it crested at an altitude of 59 miles.
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NASA Supersonic Passenger Jet Research
07.26.07 - The retirement of the Concorde four years ago meant the end of supersonic passenger jets. NASA is working to change that.