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Aircraft Fleet 1960s
Aircraft Fleet 1960s

Flight Research Center and Dryden Flight Research Center engineer R. Dale Reed has long used free-flight models to test new…

First X-45 Flight with GPS-Guided Weapon
First X-45 Flight with GPS-Guided Weapon

X-45A in flight with F-18 #846 chase aircraft, during first GPS-guided weapon demonstration flight.

X-36 with Research Aircraft on Dryden Ramp
X-36 with Research Aircraft on Dryden Ramp

A collection of NASA's research aircraft on the ramp at the Dryden Flight Research Center in July 1997: X-31, F-15B,…

Aircraft Fleet 1960s
Aircraft Fleet 1960s

After the M2-F1 (on the viewer's left) proved the lifting-body concept, NASA and the Air Force began work on a…

X-45 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle – Weapon Release
X-45 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle – Weapon Release

X-45A first GPS-guided weapon demonstration - weapon release.

X-1 with Shock Wave Pattern
X-1 with Shock Wave Pattern

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-1 (#46-062) in flight.

Air Force Capt. Jerauld Gentry with M2-F2
Air Force Capt. Jerauld Gentry with M2-F2

Air Force Capt. Jerauld Gentry, shown with the M2-F2, made a total of 30 lifting-body flights in 5 different vehicles…

X-40A Space Maneuver Vehicle
X-40A Space Maneuver Vehicle

X-40A landing after free flight 4A.

X-29 Undergoes Forebody Vortex Flow Tests
X-29 Undergoes Forebody Vortex Flow Tests

Smoke generators in the nose of the X-29 aircraft were used to help researchers see the behavior of the air…

Aircraft Fleet 1960s
Aircraft Fleet 1960s

The wingless, lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,…