AeronauticsA group picture of Douglas Airplanes, taken for a photographic promotion in 1954, at what is now known as the...The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1B rocket-powered research aircraft, one of the growth versions of the original X-1 series, on the...The Paraglider Research Vehicle 1-A (Paresev) and the tow airplane, 450-hp Stearman sport Biplane, sitting on Rogers Dry Lakebed, Edwards,...The aircraft in this 1953 photo of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) hangar at South Base of Edwards...The Douglas D-558-I #2 Skystreak is pictured here with test pilot Eugene May (Douglas Aircraft Company) on the left and...The Bell Aircraft Company X-2 (46-674) drops away from its Boeing B-50 mothership.The F-107A (Serial # 55-5120) airplane on Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.The big block letters "TEST" on the upper fuselage of this Douglas F5D-1 Skylancer (Bu. No. 139208/NASA tail number 212)...The aircraft in this 1953 photo of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) hangar at South Base of Edwards...As a very young undergraduate student at Johns Hopkins University Hugh L. Dryden proved himself especially gifted in physics and...The X-15A-2 with drop tanks and ablative coating is shown parked on the NASA ramp in front of the XB-70.Graphs of the X-1A flight data from Maj. Charles E. Yeager's Mach 2.44 flight on December 12, 1953.View of QF-106 airplane from a KC-135 tanker aircraft. The Eclipse aircraft was not refueling but simply flying below and...View of QF-106 airplane for the Eclipse project taxiing on the runway at Mojave Airport, California.A group picture of Douglas airplanes, taken for a photographic promotion in 1954, at what is now known as the...The Hyper III was a low-cost test vehicle for an advanced lifting-body shape. Like the earlier M2-F1, it was a...The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 sat on the Rogers Dry Lakebed at Muroc Air Force Base, CA in 1949.Boeing B-47A Stratojet NACA 150 landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The drag chute was used on landings to...On the left is the NACA High-Speed Flight Station's North American F-100A (52-5778) Super Sabre with a modified vertical fin....North American F-100A (52-5778) Super Sabre on the Rogers Dry Lakebed in a 1955 photograph.North American F-100A Super Sabre on the ramp near the NACA High-Speed Flight Station in 1957.From December 10, 1966, until his retirement on February 27, 1976, Stanley P. Butchart served as Chief (later, Director) of...North American F-100A Super Sabre on the ramp near the NACA High-Speed Flight Station in 1957.North American F-100A Super Sabre on the ramp near the NACA High-Speed Flight Station in 1957.Dale Reed with a model of the M2-F1 in front of the actual lifting body.Boeing B-47A (NACA 150) shown on the ramp near NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station at South Base of Edwards Air...During the 1970s, the focus at Dryden shifted from high-speed and high-altitude flight to incremental improvements in technology and aircraft...KC-135A in flight - closeup of winglet with attached tufts.KC-135A in flight - winglet study.The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 parked on the ramp at NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station with the crew in 1949.Scott Crossfield joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA - the predecessor of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration...The aircraft in this 1953 photo of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) hangar at South Base of Edwards...Ground engine test run on the Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 airplane at NACA Muroc Flight Test Unit service area.What started as a hobby for four rocket fanatics went on to break the sound barrier: Lovell Lawrence, Hugh Franklin...The deployable, inflatable wing technology demonstrator experiment aircraft leaves the ground during a flight conducted by the NASA Dryden Flight...The final flight for the F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) took place at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,...The final flight for the F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) took place at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,...This close-up view shows the AFTI F-16 air probe early in the research program.Model airplane builders James B. Newman and Robert L. McDonald prepare for a flight with models of the M2-F2 and...An artist's rendering shows advanced concepts NASA envisions for an aircraft of the future. Called the 21st Century Aerospace Vehicle,...
