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X-31 with Research Aircraft on Ramp
X-31 with Research Aircraft on Ramp

A collection of NASA's research aircraft on the ramp at the Dryden Flight Research Center in July 1997: X-31, F-15B,…

CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft
CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft

A NASA CV-990, modified as a Landing Systems Research Aircraft (LSRA), lands on the Edwards AFB main runway in test…

CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft
CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft

Taking off on a flight from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, is NASA's Landing Systems Research Aircraft (LSRA),…

M2-F1 Tests Instant L/D Rocket on Lakebed
M2-F1 Tests Instant L/D Rocket on Lakebed

The M2-F1 Lifting Body is seen here testing its "instant L/D rocket" on the lakebed at NASA's Flight Research Center,…

Tight Turn over the Desert Floor by X-31
Tight Turn over the Desert Floor by X-31

One of two X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability Demonstrator aircraft, flown by an international test organization at NASA's Dryden Flight Research…

Early M2-F1 Simulator
Early M2-F1 Simulator

This early simulator of the M2-F1 lifting body was used for pilot training, to test landing techniques before the first…

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

Edwin W. Lewis Jr. was a research pilot in the Airborne Science program, Flight Crew Branch, Dryden Flight Research Center,…

F-18 Simulator
F-18 Simulator

Simulation Group Leader Martha Evans is at the controls of the F-18 aircraft simulator at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center,…

Dryden People
Dryden People

David D. McBride

Reed’s Three Proposed Lifting Body Shapes
Reed’s Three Proposed Lifting Body Shapes

Dale Reed, who inaugurated the lifting-body flight research at NASA's Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, originally proposed that three wooden…