This 1949 photograph of the D-558-I cockpit instrumentation panel illustrates the complex array of dials and switches that confronted the…
In this NACA Muroc Flight Test Unit photograph taken in 1949, the Douglas D-558-I is on the ramp at South…
NASA research pilot Edward T. Schneider in the cockpit of an F-104.
A group picture of Douglas Airplanes, taken for a photographic promotion in 1954, at what is now known as the…
The X-1E occupies an honorary spot in front of NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center's main building.
Walter C. Williams Research Aircraft Integration Facility (RAIF)
In this 1975 photo, research pilot Thomas C. McMurtry stands in front of the X-24B on Rogers Dry Lake, adjacent…
The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1B rocket-powered research aircraft, one of the growth versions of the original X-1 series, on the…
Pilot with Paraglider Research Vehicle1 (Paresev) on tow in 1962.
Paraglider Research Vehicle 1-A (Paresev) and Stearman tow plane on lakebed.