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X-4 Bantam Undergoing Maintenance
X-4 Bantam Undergoing Maintenance

The X-4's design allowed it to be separated into two parts, aft of the engines, for servicing and instrumentation work.

Remotely Piloted Flying Wing Final Flight
Remotely Piloted Flying Wing Final Flight

The Atmospheric Turbulence Measurement System booms extended forward from the Pathfinder-Plus solar wing as it soared over Rogers Dry Lake…

Convair YF-102 Delta Dagger
Convair YF-102 Delta Dagger

Convair YF-102 (53-1785) on the ramp at the NACA High-Speed Flight Station, Edwards, CA, in 1955.

Walker and Bellman Discuss X-4 Test Points
Walker and Bellman Discuss X-4 Test Points

In this 1952 photograph NACA test pilot Joe Walker (on left) is seen discussing tests points to be flown on…

Technician Checks out Smart Skin Antenna on SRA
Technician Checks out Smart Skin Antenna on SRA

Bob Cummings, a technician at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, checked out a new "Smart Skin" antenna mounted…

F/A-18 Systems Research Aircraft
F/A-18 Systems Research Aircraft

One of NASA's F/A-18 Hornets on the ramp at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, at dawn August 6,…

Ill-Fated Formation Flight
Ill-Fated Formation Flight

Moments before the F-104 and XB-70 collided, the ill-fated formation flight centered on the XB-70, flanked by a T-38A, F-4B,…

Atmospheric Turbulence Measurement System Used in Flight
Atmospheric Turbulence Measurement System Used in Flight

The Atmospheric Turbulence Measurement System booms were clearly evident in this view of the Pathfinder-Plus solar aircraft as it flew…

Research Pilot Bill Dana and the X-24B
Research Pilot Bill Dana and the X-24B

William H. Dana poses in front of the X-24B after his last powered lifting-body flight on September 23, 1975.

X-4: Low Swept-Wing, Semi-Tailless Aircraft
X-4: Low Swept-Wing, Semi-Tailless Aircraft

In this 1950 view of the left side of the NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station's X-4 research aircraft, the low…