Prior to his retirement in January 2013, Mark Pestana was a research pilot and project manager at NASA's Dryden (now…
NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station, Aircraft Fleet 1950's
The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1E in 1955 on the Rogers Dry Lakebed near the NACA High-Speed Flight Station, Edwards, CA.
Custom-contoured radient heater system for the YF-12 forebody.
The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1E is shown in this artistic night photo taken in February 1996.
EC83-28021This posed photograph of the Controlled Impact Demonstration (CID) cockpit features Fitz Fulton at the controls. This simulation was located…
Workers adjust a sling holding an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft formerly flown by NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, during…
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center's F/A-18 chase and support aircraft retains the basic fighter plane cockpit controls with some exceptions.
NASA Dryden F/A-18 #843 mission support aircraft in flight.
NASA Dryden F/A-18 #843 mission support aircraft in flight.