
The twin pusher engines of the prototype Theseus research aircraft can be clearly seen in this photo of the aircraft…

NASA's PIK-20 motor-glider sailplane on the ramp at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California.

Redesigned and rebuilt from the M2-F2, the M2-F3 featured as its most visible change a center fin for greater stability.

Paul F. Bikle, Hugh L. Dryden, and Walter C. Williams stand in front of the recently repaired and modified X-15A-2…

The Theseus prototype research aircraft waits on the lakebed before its first test flight from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center,…

James W. "Smoke" Smolka, a research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, since 1985, was co-project pilot…

The F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) retains the basic F/A-18 cockpit controls with some exceptions.

A glycol-based liquid, released through very small holes around the nose of an F/A-18 flown by NASA's Dryden Flight Research…

The DARPA/U.S. Air Force X-45A Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) system demonstration program completed the first phase of demonstrations, known…

Smoke generators and yarn tufts are used for flow visualization studies on an F/A-18 flown by NASA's Dryden Flight Research…