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X-1A Ejection Seat Test Setup
X-1A Ejection Seat Test Setup

Bell X-1A ejection seat test setup.

Dryden People
Dryden People

NACA pilot John Griffith hands his flight gear to Dick Payne as crew members Ed Edwards and Clyde Bailey look…

F-15B Supersonic Natural Laminar Flow Experiment
F-15B Supersonic Natural Laminar Flow Experiment

F-15B on ramp showing closeup of the Supersonic Natural Laminar Flow (SS-NLF) experiment attached vertically to the centerline pylon.

F-15B Local Mach Investigation Instrumentation
F-15B Local Mach Investigation Instrumentation

NASA's F-15B Research Testbed aircraft flew instrumentation in June 2004 called the Local Mach Investigation (LMI), designed to gather local…

First LIFT Flight with Thermal Protection System Foam
First LIFT Flight with Thermal Protection System Foam

A close-up of the panels on the F-15B's flight test fixture showed five divots of thermal protection system (TPS) foam…

Fleet Aircraft
Fleet Aircraft

The X-15A-2 with drop tanks and ablative coating is shown parked on the NASA ramp in front of the XB-70.

Fleet Aircraft
Fleet Aircraft

This photo shows NASA's PIK-20 motor-glider sailplane on the ramp at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif.

Dryden People
Dryden People

Bradley C. Flick

Gull Wing and Slender Forward Canard of Proteus
Gull Wing and Slender Forward Canard of Proteus

The unusual design of the Proteus high-altitude aircraft, incorporating a gull-wing shape for its main wing and a long, slender…

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

SR-71 research pilot Ed Schneider is pictured here in front of an SR-71 Blackbird on the ramp at the Dryden…