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Technician Checks out Smart Skin Antenna on SRA
Technician Checks out Smart Skin Antenna on SRA

Bob Cummings, a technician at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, checked out a new "Smart Skin" antenna mounted…

F/A-18 Systems Research Aircraft
F/A-18 Systems Research Aircraft

One of NASA's F/A-18 Hornets on the ramp at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, at dawn August 6,…

Ill-Fated Formation Flight
Ill-Fated Formation Flight

Moments before the F-104 and XB-70 collided, the ill-fated formation flight centered on the XB-70, flanked by a T-38A, F-4B,…

Atmospheric Turbulence Measurement System Used in Flight
Atmospheric Turbulence Measurement System Used in Flight

The Atmospheric Turbulence Measurement System booms were clearly evident in this view of the Pathfinder-Plus solar aircraft as it flew…

Research Pilot Bill Dana and the X-24B
Research Pilot Bill Dana and the X-24B

William H. Dana poses in front of the X-24B after his last powered lifting-body flight on September 23, 1975.

X-4: Low Swept-Wing, Semi-Tailless Aircraft
X-4: Low Swept-Wing, Semi-Tailless Aircraft

In this 1950 view of the left side of the NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station's X-4 research aircraft, the low…

SRA: Evaluating Emerging Technologies
SRA: Evaluating Emerging Technologies

NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, used this early-model F/A-18 Hornet as a flying research platform to evaluate a…

Take-off Rotation: XB-70
Take-off Rotation: XB-70

This side view shows the #1 XB-70A (62-0001) during take-off rotation.

Straight-On View of X-4 Bantam
Straight-On View of X-4 Bantam

In this 1950 straight-on view of the NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station's X-4 research aircraft, the horizontal tailless design is…

In-Flight Pressure Data Studies of YF-17 Technology Demonstrator
In-Flight Pressure Data Studies of YF-17 Technology Demonstrator

The Northrop Aviation YF-17 technology demonstrator aircraft in flight during a 1976 flight research project at NASA's Dryden Flight Research…