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Pathfinder-Plus Remotely Piloted Flying Wing
Pathfinder-Plus Remotely Piloted Flying Wing

Pathfinder-Plus on a flight over the Hawaiian island of N'ihau in 1998.

Space Shuttle Prototype Approach and Landing Tests
Space Shuttle Prototype Approach and Landing Tests

The Space Shuttle prototype Enterprise flies free after being released from NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) to begin a…

Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft

The twin pusher engines of the prototype Theseus research aircraft can be clearly seen in this photo of the aircraft…

Aircraft Fleet 1980s
Aircraft Fleet 1980s

NASA's PIK-20 motor-glider sailplane on the ramp at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California.

Center Fin Added to M2-F3 Lifting Body
Center Fin Added to M2-F3 Lifting Body

Redesigned and rebuilt from the M2-F2, the M2-F3 featured as its most visible change a center fin for greater stability.

Directors
Directors

Paul F. Bikle, Hugh L. Dryden, and Walter C. Williams stand in front of the recently repaired and modified X-15A-2…

Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft

The Theseus prototype research aircraft waits on the lakebed before its first test flight from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center,…

F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle
F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle

James W. "Smoke" Smolka, a research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, since 1985, was co-project pilot…

F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle
F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle

The F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) retains the basic F/A-18 cockpit controls with some exceptions.

F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle
F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle

A glycol-based liquid, released through very small holes around the nose of an F/A-18 flown by NASA's Dryden Flight Research…