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CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft
CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft

One of the final tests of the CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft (LSRA) in August, 1995 at NASA's Dryden (now…

CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft
CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft

A Space Shuttle landing gear system is visible between the two main landing gear components on this NASA CV-990, modified…

CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft
CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft

NASA 710, a Convair 990 transport aircraft formerly used for medium-altitude atmospheric research, cruises over the Mojave Desert near NASA's…

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

NASA Flight Research Center Pilots, 1962.

Dryden People
Dryden People

NASA aerospace engineer Dale Reed enjoys a moment in the cockpit of the restored wingless M2-F1 in 1997.

B-47A Stratojet
B-47A Stratojet

Boeing B-47A Stratojet NACA 150 landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The drag chute was used on landings to…

C-47 Tows M2-F1 Lifting Body
C-47 Tows M2-F1 Lifting Body

The M2-F1 Lifting Body is seen here being towed behind a C-47 at the Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA.

F-100 Super Sabre
F-100 Super Sabre

On the left is the NACA High-Speed Flight Station's North American F-100A (52-5778) Super Sabre with a modified vertical fin.…

F-100 Super Sabre
F-100 Super Sabre

North American F-100A (52-5778) Super Sabre on the Rogers Dry Lakebed in a 1955 photograph.

B-47A Stratojet
B-47A Stratojet

In 1954 after a research flight in the Boeing B-47A Stratojet Crew Chief Wilbur McClenaghan (center) asks of the pilots…