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Boeing 747
Boeing 747

In this 1974 NASA Flight Research Center (FRC) photograph, the two chase aircraft, a Learjet and a Cessna T-37, are…

Dryden People
Dryden People

On a nice day in November 1949 the NACA High-Speed Flight Station employees enjoy a break from a week of…

Front View of Proteus Testbed Aircraft
Front View of Proteus Testbed Aircraft

Scaled Composites' unique tandem-wing Proteus was the testbed for a series of UAV collision-avoidance flight demonstrations.

Fleet Aircraft
Fleet Aircraft

The F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire (left) and F-8 Supercritical Wing in flight.

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

The research pilots at what in 1962 was called the Flight Research Center standing in front of the X-1E.

Eclipse
Eclipse

This photo shows one of the QF-106s used in the Eclipse project in flight.

Eclipse
Eclipse

This photograph shows the Air Force C-141A that was used in the Eclipse project as a tow vehicle. The project…

Eclipse
Eclipse

View of the release hook on the QF-106 that allowed the pilot to release the tow rope extending from the…

Eclipse
Eclipse

Shot of the QF-106 aircraft in flight with the landing gear deployed.

Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Lockheed P-38 Lightning

The P-38 shown in this photo was one of the fighters built in the late 1930s and early 1940s that…