
The NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station X-4 research aircraft is seen in this 1950s in-flight close-up photograph.

The NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station X-4 research aircraft is seen in this 1950s in-flight photograph flying near an approaching…

The NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station X-4 research aircraft is seen in this 1950s in-flight photograph.

A close up of the Flight Test Fixture II, mounted on the underside of the F-15B Aerodynamic Flight Facility aircraft.

A modified F/A-18A sporting a distinctive red, white, and blue paint scheme was the test aircraft for the Active Aeroelastic…

NASA's flexible-wing F/A-18 maneuvered through a test point during the second phase of the NASA/Air Force Active Aeroelastic Wing flight…

This modified F/A-18A sporting a distinctive red, white, and blue paint scheme was the test aircraft for the Active Aeroelastic…

Structural loads testing on the Active Aeroelastic Wing F-18 in the Flight Loads Laboratory at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center,…

A modified F/A-18A underwent wing torsion testing in the Flight Loads Laboratory at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA.

A NASA T-34C aircraft, used for safety chase, is shown flying above the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., in…