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X-1E Being Loaded under the Boeing B-29
X-1E Being Loaded under the Boeing B-29

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1E being loaded under the Boeing B-29 in preparation for a NACA High-Speed Flight Station captive…

F/A-18 Chase Aircraft
F/A-18 Chase Aircraft

NASA Dryden F/A-18 #852 mission support aircraft in flight.

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

Milton O. Thompson was hired as an aeronautical research scientist at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics' (NACA) High-Speed Flight…

Helios Prototype Flying Wing
Helios Prototype Flying Wing

The first flight of a large aircraft to be powered by electric fuel cells began with a takeoff at 8:43…

Helios Prototype Flying Wing
Helios Prototype Flying Wing

As a follow-on to the Centurion (and earlier Pathfinder and Pathfinder-Plus) aircraft, the solar-powered Helios Prototype is the latest and…

Helios Prototype Flying Wing
Helios Prototype Flying Wing

Helios Prototype Flying Wing in flight.

Helios Prototype Flying Wing
Helios Prototype Flying Wing

The Helios Prototype is an enlarged version of the Centurion flying wing, which flew a series of test flights at…

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) Space Shuttle Ferry
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) Space Shuttle Ferry

Space Shuttle Discovery being unloaded from NASA's Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) at Rockwell Aerospace's Palmdale facility for nine…

Hydraulic Lifts Lower B-29 Mothership over X-1E
Hydraulic Lifts Lower B-29 Mothership over X-1E

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1E airplane being loaded under the mothership, Boeing B-29.

MD-11 Flight Simulator with Gordon Fullerton at the Controls
MD-11 Flight Simulator with Gordon Fullerton at the Controls

MD-11 Flight Simulator with Gordon Fullerton at the Controls