
Four different versions of the F-16 were used by Dryden in the 1990s.

Approaching the runway after the first evaluation flight of the Quiet Spike project, NASA's F-15B testbed aircraft cruised over Roger's…

NASA Dryden's F-15B testbed aircraft with the Gulfstream Quiet Spike sonic boom mitigator attached undergoes ground vibration testing in preparation…

Gulfstream's Quiet Spike sonic boom mitigator being installed on NASA DFRC's F-15B testbed aircraft. The project seeks to verify the…

Gulfstream Aerospace and NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center tested the structural integrity of a telescopic 'Quiet Spike' sonic boom mitigator…

NASA F-15B #836 landed with Quiet Spike attached. The project sought to verify the structural integrity of the multi-segmented, articulating…

Flight Simulators

Front instrument panel in the cockpit of the Martin Marietta X-24A lifting body research vehicle.

Robert Dale Reed, aerospace engineer, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center

NASA's F-15B research testbed jet from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center flew in the supersonic shockwave of a Northrop Grumman…