
This 1954 photograph shows a Douglas D-558-II under the P2B-1S (Navy designation for a B-29) launch aircraft. The P2B-1S has…

From December 10, 1966, until his retirement on February 27, 1976, Stan Butchart served as Chief (later, Director) of Flight…

A group picture of Douglas Airplanes, taken for a photographic promotion in 1954, at what is now known as the…

The F/A-18 simulator at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA.

This NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station photograph shows an aft view of the XF-92A in flight above a layer of…

Rogers Smith, a NASA research pilot, is seen here at the cockpit of the X-29 forward-swept-wing technology demonstrator at NASA's…

XS-1 on the ramp with the B-29 mothership in 1949.

In the center foreground of this 1953 hangar photo is the YF-84A (NACA 134/Air Force 45-59490) used for vortex generator…

The solar-electric Helios Prototype flying wing is shown over the Pacific Ocean during its first test flight on solar power…

Helios Prototype Flying Wing taking off.