
This 1949 photograph shows a Douglas D-558-II undergoing pre-flight operations on Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base.

AeroVironment pilot Wyatt Sadler controlled the Pathfinder-Plus flying wing from a small console, video, and computer monitors in the ground…

A 1953 photo shows the X-3 (center) and, clockwise from left: X-1A (Air Force serial number 48-1384), the third D-558-I…

Pressure transducers are located in the tiny holes visible on the engine inlet lip of NASA's F-18 High Alpha Research…

A thrust vectoring system can be seen mounted on the aft end of the NASA F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle…

Pressure transducers are located in the tiny holes visible on the engine inlet lip of NASA's F/A-18 High Alpha Research…

The specially equipped and instrumented F/A-18 research aircraft that was used in NASA's High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) project banks…

Pressure transducers are located in the tiny holes visible on the engine inlet lip of NASA's F/A-18 High Alpha Research…

Outlined with gold stripes are the hinged nose strakes, modifications made to NASA's F-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) at…

Dana D. Purifoy is an aerospace research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif.