The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1B, seen here on the lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, CA, was first flown for…
Technicians check instrumentation and systems on NASA 808, a PA-30 aircraft, prior to a research flight. The aircraft was used…
Dryden Flight Research Center's Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche, which helped validate the Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle (RPRV) concept, descends to…
NASA Flight Research Center's Douglas R4D-5/C-47H (Bu. No. 17136) in flight, with its landing gear extended, in 1963.
This photograph taken in 1956 shows the first of three R4D Skytrain aircraft on the ramp behind the NACA High-Speed…
This Photograph taken in 1956 shows the first of three R4D Skytrain aircraft on the ramp behind the NACA High-Speed…
NACA test pilot Robert Champine is in the cockpit of the Douglas D-558-I Skystreak with the ground crew. Robert A.…
The late 1940s saw increased flight activity, and more women computers were needed at the NACA Muroc Flight Test Unit…
Test panels covered with an advanced foam insulation material for the Space Shuttle's giant external fuel tank were test flown…
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's new in-house designed Propulsion Flight Test Fixture (PFTF) is an airborne engine test facility that…
