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Practice Run Before Controlled Impact Demonstration
Practice Run Before Controlled Impact Demonstration

The B-720 is seen making a practice close approach over the prepared impact site.

Boeing 720 Engulfed After Striking Wing Cutter
Boeing 720 Engulfed After Striking Wing Cutter

Following its controlled impact on posts imbedded in the lakebed, the B-720 slid sideways and was almost enveloped in the…

NACA Employees at Muroc in 1950
NACA Employees at Muroc in 1950

This group photo of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) employees was taken in 1950 in front of the NACA…

X-31 Performing the Herbst Maneuver
X-31 Performing the Herbst Maneuver

The X-31 aircraft, on a research mission from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, is flying nearly perpendicular to…

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

2004 NASA Dryden Research Pilots

Dryden People
Dryden People

NASA Dryden flight test engineer Marta Bohn-Meyer is suited up for a research flight in the F-16XL laminar-flow control experiment…

CID Moments After Impact
CID Moments After Impact

Moments after hitting and sliding through the wing openers the aircraft burst into flame, with a spectacular fireball seen emanating…

Left Wing of Boeing 720 Drops During CID
Left Wing of Boeing 720 Drops During CID

The B-720 is seen viewed moments after impact and just before hitting the wing openers.

Hyper III Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle
Hyper III Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle

Left to right: Richard C. Eldredge, Dale Reed, James O. Newman, and Bob McDonald with the mothership (top) and other…

Hyper III Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle
Hyper III Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle

The Hyper III was a low-cost test vehicle for an advanced lifting-body shape. Like the earlier M2-F1, it was a…