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Helios Prototype Flying Wing
Helios Prototype Flying Wing

Technician Marshall MacCready carefully lays a panel of solar cells into place on a wing section of the Helios Prototype…

Helios Prototype Flying Wing
Helios Prototype Flying Wing

A technician at AeroVironment's Design Development Center in Simi Valley, Calif., checks a panel of silicon solar cells for conductivity…

Helios Prototype Flying Wing
Helios Prototype Flying Wing

Helios Prototype Flying Wing

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

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

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

Douglas D-558-ll and Boeing B-47A Stratojet
Douglas D-558-ll and Boeing B-47A Stratojet

This photo of two swept-wing airplanes was taken on the ramp of the NACA High-Speed Flight Station.

Helios Prototype Flying Wing
Helios Prototype Flying Wing

Helios Prototype Flying Wing flying above Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards, CA.

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…

X-1E on Pedestal in Front of Building 4800
X-1E on Pedestal in Front of Building 4800

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1E mounted at a jaunty angle in front of the main building (4800) at NASA (now…