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Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

Michael R. Swann joined the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Dryden Flight Research Center on June 5, 1978, transferring from…

F-111E Integrated Propulsion Control System
F-111E Integrated Propulsion Control System

This NASA Dryden Flight Research Center photograph taken in 1975 shows the General Dynamic Integrated Propulsion Control System (IPCS)/F-111E Aardvark…

A Closer Look at the Unusual Wing and Canard Design of the X-36
A Closer Look at the Unusual Wing and Canard Design of the X-36

This look-down view of the X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft on the ramp at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center,…

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

David A. Wright was a research pilot and directorate chief in the Flight Operations Directorate at NASA's Dryden (now Armstrong)…

X-1
X-1

A roll-out of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, bomber with the Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 mated and ready for flight. NACA…

X-29 Lifts Off to Begin Flight Test
X-29 Lifts Off to Begin Flight Test

The No. 2 X-29 technology demonstrator aircraft is shown as it lifts off from the runway at Edwards Air Force…

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

In March 1945 Joseph A. Walker joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics' Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory, Cleveland, OH, (later…

NACA Fleet: D-558-II, XF-92A, X-5, X-1, X-4, and D-558-I
NACA Fleet: D-558-II, XF-92A, X-5, X-1, X-4, and D-558-I

The NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station aircraft at South Base. Clockwise from far left: D-558-II, XF-92A, X-5, X-1, X-4, and…

X-1 on the Ramp at the NACA High Speed Flight Research Station
X-1 on the Ramp at the NACA High Speed Flight Research Station

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 aircraft on the ramp at NACA High Speed Flight Research Station located on the South…

Fleet Aircraft
Fleet Aircraft

These people and this equipment supported the flight of the NACA D-558-2 Skyrocket at the High-Speed Flight Station at South…