Aircraft |
Research Program |
Flight Dates |
#Movies |
60th Anniversary |
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60th Anniversary Short Clip |
1946 - 2006 |
2 |
747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) |
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747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) Ferry flights |
1981 - present |
3 |
AD-1 (Historical) |
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Oblique Wing Research Aircraft |
1977 |
3 |
Airborne Science Aircraft |
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Airborne Science Research |
1997 - present |
2 |
Altair |
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Remotely piloted, high altitude Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle (UAV) |
current project |
6 |
APV-3 NUAVT |
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APV-3 Networked UAV Teaming Experiment |
2005 |
1 |
Approach & Landing Tests
(ALT) (Historical) |
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Space Shuttle (STS) landing research |
1977 - 1978 |
3 |
Automated Aerial Refueling
(AAR) (Historical) |
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Automated Aerial Refueling (AAR) |
2002 - 2003 |
1 |
Autonomous Soaring Project |
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Thermal Lift Tests to Extend UAV Flight Range and Endurance |
2005 |
1 |
B-47 (Historical) |
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Landing Drag Chute Study and Dynamic
Response Research |
1953 - 1957 |
1 |
B-52 (Historical) |
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Air Drop Mothership |
1959 - present |
5 |
Boeing 747 |
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Wing Tip Vortex Test |
1974, 1979 |
1 |
C-5A Galaxy |
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Wing Vortice tests |
Circa 1980 |
1 |
C-17 Globemaster III |
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Noise Mitigation Flight Test |
2003 - present |
4 |
Centurion (Historical) |
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Solar-Powered High-Altitude Aircraft |
1998 |
1 |
CID (Historical) |
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Controlled Impact Demonstration |
1984 |
3 |
CV-990 (Historical) |
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Landing Systems Research Aircraft (LSRA) |
1993 - 1995 |
1 |
DC-8 (Historical) |
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Airborne Laboratory |
1997 - 2005 |
14 |
D-558-1 Skystreak (Historical) |
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Transonic Flight Research |
1947 - 1953 |
5 |
D-558-2 (Historical) |
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Transonic and Supersonic Flight with
Swept-Wing Aircraft |
1949 - 1956 |
6 |
E-2C |
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Loads Lab weight tests for planned modifications |
2005 |
1 |
Eclipse (Historical) |
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Towed Air Launch Aircraft |
1997 - 1998 |
4 |
Electra (Historical) |
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Air Turbulence Detection |
1999 |
3 |
ER-2 |
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High Altitude Research |
1997 - present |
3 |
F-8 DFBW (Historical) |
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Digital Fly-By-Wire Research Vehicle |
1972 - 1985 |
3 |
F-8 SCW (Historical) |
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SCW - Supercritical Wing |
1971 - 1973 |
1 |
F-14 Tomcat (Historical) |
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Variable Sweep Transition flight experiment |
1986 - 1987 |
2 |
F-15A (Historical) |
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Flight and Spin Research |
1973 - 1981 |
8 |
F-15B |
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F-15B #836 Research Testbed Aircraft |
1993 - present |
3 |
F-15 IFCS |
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F-15 #837 Intelligent Flight Control System |
2002 - present |
2 |
F-16 AFTI (Historical) |
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Advanced Fighter Technology Integration |
1983 - 1997 |
1 |
F-16XL (Historical) |
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Supersonic Laminar Flow |
1992 - 1996 |
4 |
F-18 Hornet |
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AAW - Active Aeroelastic Wing Research |
2001 - present |
4 |
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AFF - Autonomous Formation Flight (Historical) |
2000 - 2001 |
2 |
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HARV - High Alpha Research Aircraft (Historical) |
1987 - 1997 |
3 |
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Mission Support Aircraft |
1990 - present |
2 |
F-104 Starfighter (Historical) |
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F-104 Starfighter |
1956 - 1993 |
1 |
F-111 TACT (Historical) |
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F-111 TACT |
1972 - 1984 |
6 |
Facilities (Historical) |
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Dryden High-Speed Flight Research Station |
1950s |
3 |
Fleet (Historical) |
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Dryden Aircraft Fleet movies |
1950s - 1970 |
2 |
FVF (Historical) |
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Flow Visualization Facility |
1985 - mid 1990s |
1 |
Gossamer Albatross |
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Human powered aircraft |
1980 |
1 |
Global Hawk |
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Global Hawk |
2007 - present |
1 |
Gulfstream III |
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General project support aircraft |
2002 - present |
3 |
HL-10 (Historical) |
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Lifting Body Research Vehicle |
1966 - 1970 |
4 |
Helios |
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Solar-Powered High-Altitude Aircraft |
1999 - present |
7 |
Hyper III (Historical) |
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Lifting Body Research Vehicle |
1969 |
2 |
Ikhana |
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Long-endurance, high-altitude unmanned research aircraft |
2007 |
4 |
Inflatable Wing (Historical) |
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Inflatable Wing Technology Demonstrator |
2001 |
2 |
Iron Cross Simulator (Historical) |
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Aircraft Reaction Control System |
1956 |
1 |
JetStar (Historical) |
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General Purpose Airborne Simulator (GPAS) |
1963 - 1988 |
2 |
KC-135A (Historical) |
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Evaluate capabilities of jet aircraft in air traffic
control system and Winglet Study |
1958 and 1979 |
2 |
L-1011 (Historical) |
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Wing Vortex Study |
1977 |
1 |
Linear Aerospike SR-71
Experiment (LASRE) (Historical) |
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Test Fly Linear Aerospike Engine |
1996 - 1997 |
2 |
LLRV (Historical) |
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Lunar Lander Research Vehicle |
1964 - 1969 |
5 |
M2-F1 (Historical) |
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Lifting Body Research Aircraft |
1963 - 1964 |
4 |
M2-F2 (Historical) |
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Lifting Body Research Aircraft |
1966 - 1967 |
5 |
M2-F3 (Historical) |
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Lifting Body Research Aircraft |
1970 - 1972 |
2 |
Mars Rover |
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Mars Exploration Rover tests on Rogers Dry Lake |
2003 |
4 |
Mini-Sniffer (Historical) |
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Air sample gathering |
1974 - 1977 |
3 |
Miscellaneous |
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Centennial of Flight mural, Edwards 2005 Air Show |
2003 |
2 |
Orion Crew Module |
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Orion Crew Module |
2007 - present |
4 |
PA-30 TwinComanche (Historical) |
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Rugged workhorse in a variety of general aviation research projects |
1979 - 1980 |
1 |
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Paresev (Historical) |
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Parawing Research |
1962 - 1964 |
3 |
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Parawing (Historical) |
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Parawing Research |
1969 |
1 |
Pathfinder (Historical) |
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Solar-Powered High-Altitude Aircraft |
1995 - 1998 |
13 |
Pegasus (Historical) |
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Air-launched space booster |
1989 - 1994 |
2 |
Pegasus Hypersonic Experiments
(PHYSX) (Historical) |
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Hypersonic Flight Research |
1994 - 1998 |
2 |
People |
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NASA Dryden People and Visitors |
2004 - current |
7 |
PIK-20E (Historical) |
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Sailplane Research Aircraft - airflow over lifting
surfaces |
1981 - 1991 |
1 |
Power-Beaming |
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Continuous flight using beamed laser energy |
2002 - present |
2 |
Proteus |
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Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology |
1999 - present |
3 |
SOFIA |
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Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy |
2007 - present |
20 |
SR-71 (Historical) |
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High Speed Research |
1990s |
7 |
STS (Space Shuttle) |
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Space Transportation System |
1977 - present |
24 |
Theseus (Historical) |
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Remotely Piloted Vehicle |
1996 - present |
1 |
TU-144LL (Historical) |
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Russian high speed supersonic transport research |
1996 - 1999 |
2 |
X-1 (Historical) |
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Rocket Powered Supersonic Research Aircraft |
1946 - mid 1950s |
7 |
X-2 (Historical) |
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Rocket Powered Supersonic Research Aircraft |
1955 - 1956 |
3 |
X-3 (Historical) |
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Sustained flight at Mach 2+, low aspect ratio wings, titanium construction |
1953 - 1956 |
2 |
X-5 (Historical) |
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Variable sweep wings |
1952 - 1955 |
1 |
X-15 (Historical) |
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Rocket Powered Hypersonic Research Aircraft |
1959 - 1968 |
19 |
X-24A (Historical) |
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Lifting Body Research Aircraft |
1968 - 1971 |
4 |
X-24B (Historical) |
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Lifting Body Research Aircraft |
1972 - 1975 |
5 |
X-29 (Historical) |
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Forward Swept Wing Research Aircraft |
1984 - 1992 |
6 |
X-31 (Historical) |
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Enhanced Maneuverability Research Aircraft |
1992 - 1995 |
10 |
X-33 (Historical) |
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Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator |
1996 - 1999 |
5 |
X-38 (Historical) |
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Crew Return Vehicle Technology Demonstrator |
1996 - 2001 |
9 |
X-40A |
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Space Maneuvering Vehicle Demonstrator |
2001 - present |
7 |
X-43A / Hyper-X |
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Hypersonic Scramjet Research Vehicle |
1998 - present |
15 |
X-45A |
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X-45A Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems
(J-UCAS) |
2001 - present |
5 |
XB-70A Valkyrie (Historical) |
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Supersonic Research Aircraft |
1965 - 1969 |
5 |
XV-15 (Historical) |
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Tilt-rotor Aircraft Research |
1980 - 1981 |
2 |
YF-12 Blackbird (Historical) |
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High-speed, high-altitude research |
1972 - 1979 |
10 |
YF-17 Cobra (Historical) |
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Prototype aircraft (future F18) |
mid 1970s |
1 |