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Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

Fullerton's Final Mission

Control Surfaces Maneuvered for Each Wind Tunnel Test
Control Surfaces Maneuvered for Each Wind Tunnel Test

After the first attempted ground-tow tests of the M2-F1 in March 1963, the vehicle was taken to the Ames Research…

Fleet Aircraft
Fleet Aircraft

The NACA High-Speed Flight Station at Edwards AFB South Base. Aircraft (from left to right) are: D-558-II, D-558-I, X-5, X-1,…

Dryden People
Dryden People

Mark C. Dickerson

Controlling the Boom
Controlling the Boom

NASA F-15B #836 in flight with Quiet Spike attached.

Sonic Boom Mitigator on F-15B #836
Sonic Boom Mitigator on F-15B #836

NASA F-15B #836 in flight with Quiet Spike attached. The project sought to verify the structural integrity of the multi-segmented,…

First Evaluation Flight of Quiet Spike
First Evaluation Flight of Quiet Spike

NASA's F-15B testbed aircraft in flight during the first evaluation flight of the joint NASA/Gulfstream Quiet Spike project. The project…

F-15B: Flying Wind Tunnel and Supersonic Testbed
F-15B: Flying Wind Tunnel and Supersonic Testbed

NASA F-15B #836 in flight with Quiet Spike attached. The project seeks to verify the structural integrity of the multi-segmented,…

Fleet Aircraft
Fleet Aircraft

A 1953 photo of some of the research aircraft at the NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station (now known as the…

Flight Simulators – X-31
Flight Simulators – X-31

This is the X-31 simulation. It was the first simulation in the Integrated Test Facility (now called RAIF).