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Aircraft Fleet 1950s
Aircraft Fleet 1950s

In 1954 this photo of two swept wing airplanes was taken on the ramp of the NACA High-Speed Flight Research…

D-558-II Skyrocket
D-558-II Skyrocket

Scott Crossfield talks to newsmen in front of NACA South Base hangar after his first flight to Mach 2 in…

Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport
Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport

NASA Research pilot C. Gordon Fullerton sits in cockpit of Tu-144LL SST Flying Laboratory.

Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport
Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport

The delta wing of the Tupolev Tu-144LL supersonic flying laboratory is evident in this view from underneath the aircraft during…

Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport
Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport

The Tupolev Tu-144LL supersonic flying laboratory shows off its sleek lines in a low-level pass over the Zhukovsky Air Development…

Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport
Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport

The Tupolev Tu-144LL lifts off from the Zhukovsky Air Development Center near Moscow, Russia, on a 1998 test flight.

Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport
Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport

With its nose drooped and canards extended, the Tupolev Tu-144LL supersonic flying laboratory lifts off from the Zhukovsky Air Development…

Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport
Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport

With its giant delta wings drooping toward the ground, the Tupolev Tu-144LL is towed down a taxiway at the Zhukovsky…

Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport
Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport

The modified Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic flying laboratory touches down and deploys a trio of drag chutes following a test flight…

Aircraft Fleet 1990s
Aircraft Fleet 1990s

Three types of aircraft used as chase aircraft in support of research flights at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,…