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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…

Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport
Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport

A front view of the Tupolev Tu-144LL supersonic flying laboratory at the Zhukovsky Air Development Center near Moscow, Russia.

Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport
Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport

The sleek lines of the Tupolev Tu-144LL are evident as it sits on the taxiway at the Zhukovsky Air Development…

Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport
Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport

The Tupolev Tu-144LL supersonic flying laboratory touches down at the Zhukovsky Air Development Center near Moscow, Russia, following a 1997…

Aircraft Fleet 1950s
Aircraft Fleet 1950s

In 1954 this photo of two swept wing airplanes was taken on the ramp of the NACA High-Speed Flight Research…

D-558-II Skyrocket
D-558-II Skyrocket

Scott Crossfield talks to newsmen in front of NACA South Base hangar after his first flight to Mach 2 in…

Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport
Tu-144LL Supersonic Transport

NASA Research pilot C. Gordon Fullerton sits in cockpit of Tu-144LL SST Flying Laboratory.