NASA's highly modified NF-15B research aircraft No. 837 makes its final flight.
NASA’s highly modified NF-15B research aircraft No. 837 makes its final flight. NASA research pilot Jim Smolka puts the canard-equipped aircraft with its brilliant red, white and blue plumage through a spectacular flight demonstration to conclude its career, including a steep climb with afterburners roaring after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base. Built in 1973 as the first two-seat TF-15, the unique aircraft had been flown in several significant research and test programs for the U.S. Air Force, McDonnell Douglas and NASA over its almost 36–year lifetime, its last 14 years with NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center.NASA Photo / Tony Landis
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