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X-1E
X-1E

The X-1E occupies an honorary spot in front of NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center's main building.

Walter C. Williams Research Aircraft Integration Facility (RAIF)
Walter C. Williams Research Aircraft Integration Facility (RAIF)

Walter C. Williams Research Aircraft Integration Facility (RAIF)

Research Pilot Tom McMurtry with X-24B Lifting Body
Research Pilot Tom McMurtry with X-24B Lifting Body

In this 1975 photo, research pilot Thomas C. McMurtry stands in front of the X-24B on Rogers Dry Lake, adjacent…

Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1B Rocket-Powered Aircraft
Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1B Rocket-Powered Aircraft

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1B rocket-powered research aircraft, one of the growth versions of the original X-1 series, on the…

Paraglider Research Vehicle – Paresev
Paraglider Research Vehicle – Paresev

Pilot with Paraglider Research Vehicle1 (Paresev) on tow in 1962.

Paraglider Research Vehicle – Paresev
Paraglider Research Vehicle – Paresev

Paraglider Research Vehicle 1-A (Paresev) and Stearman tow plane on lakebed.

X-24B in Flight over the Lakebed at EAFB
X-24B in Flight over the Lakebed at EAFB

The X-24B lifting body is seen here in flight over the lakebed at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA.

Dryden People
Dryden People

September 12, 1996 NASA Photo

Paraglider Research Vehicle – Paresev
Paraglider Research Vehicle – Paresev

The Paraglider Research Vehicle 1-B (Paresev) tested the concept of a paraglider, designed to enable a Gemini capsule to fly…

Paraglider Research Vehicle – Paresev
Paraglider Research Vehicle – Paresev

With the the Paresev 1-A and the 450-hp Stearman sport Biplane as a backdrop the pilot and crew pose for…