Aircraft |
Research Program |
Flight Dates |
#Images |
A-5A
Vigilante (Historical) |
|
SST & Sonic Boom Research |
1963 |
1 |
Active Aeroelastic Wing (AAW) (Historical) | |
Active Aeroelastic Wing Research |
2001 - present |
25 |
AD-1 (Historical) | |
Oblique Wing Research |
1979 - 1982 |
7 |
Aero-Commander (Historical) | |
Unswept Fuselage Study |
1968 |
2 |
Aerospike Rocket Test | |
First know data from a solid fueled aerospike rocket in flight |
Present |
3 |
Altair | |
Remotely operated, uninhabited aircraft program |
Present |
24 |
Altus (Historical) | |
ERAST Program - High Altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
1996 - 1997 |
10 |
Apex (Historical) | |
ERAST Program - High Altitude Sailplane |
1995 - 1998 |
3 |
APV-3 NUAVT (Historical) | |
Auto Piloted Vehicle (APV-3) Networked Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
2005 |
3 |
Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR) (Historical) | |
F/A-18 #845 Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR) project |
2002 - 2003 |
10 |
Autonomous Airborne Refueling Demonstration (AARD) | |
F/A-18 #845 Autonomous Airborne Refueling |
2006 - present |
12 |
Autonomous Formation Flight (AFF) (Historical) | |
Autonomous Formation Flight Control |
2000 - 2001 |
8 |
Autonomous Soaring Project | |
Thermal Lift Tests to Extend UAV Flight Range and Endurance |
2005 |
3 |
B-29 Superfortress (Historical) | |
Air Drop Mothership |
1940s - 1960s |
10 |
B-47A Stratojet (Historical) | |
Landing Drag Chute Study and Dynamic Response
Research |
1953 - 1957 |
7 |
B-52 Stratofortress |
|
Air Drop Mothership (Historical) |
1959 - 2004 |
44 |
|
F-111 Chute Drop Test (Historical) |
1989 |
2 |
|
HiMAT Mothership (Historical) |
1979 - 1983 |
2 |
|
Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (Historical) |
1970s - 1980s |
6 |
|
STS Drag Chute Tests (Historical) |
1990 - 1991 |
5 |
|
X-38 Mothership (Historical) |
1997 - 2000 |
11 |
B-57B Canberra (Historical) | |
Atmospheric Research |
1982 |
3 |
Bell 47 (Historical) |
|
Support and LLRV Chase/Training |
early 1960s - 1985 |
3 |
Boeing 720 (Historical) |
|
CID - Controlled Impact Demonstration |
1984 |
7 |
Boeing 727 (Historical) | |
Vortex study |
1974 |
1 |
Boeing 747 (Historical) | |
Vortex study |
1974, 1979 |
4 |
C-17 Globemaster III |
|
Propulsion Health Management (PHM) |
2003 - present |
11 |
C-140 Jetstar (Historical) |
|
General purpose airborne simulator |
1963 - 1988 |
5 |
C-141A (Historical) |
|
Eclipse tow aircraft
|
1997 |
1 |
Centurion (Historical) | |
High Altitude Solar Powered Aircraft |
1997 |
30 |
CV-990 (Historical) |
|
LSRA - Landing Systems Research Aircraft |
1993 - 1996 |
17 |
D-558-1 Skystreak (Historical) |
|
Transonic Flight Research |
1947 - 1953 |
11 |
D-558-2 Skyrocket (Historical) |
|
Transonic and Supersonic Flight Research |
1949 - 1956 |
18 |
Daedalus (Historical) |
|
Human Powered Aircraft |
1987 - 1988 |
2 |
DC-8 |
|
Airborne Laboratory |
1997 - present |
129 |
Demonstrator 2 (Historical) |
|
ERAST Research |
1996 |
1 |
E-2C Hawkeye |
|
Loads Lab weight tests for planned modifications |
2005 |
3 |
Eclipse (Historical) |
|
Towed aircraft launch |
1997 |
16 |
ER-2 |
|
High altitude Research |
1997 - present |
34 |
F-4A Phantom (Historical) |
|
Navy fighter
|
1965
|
1 |
F-4C Phantom II (Historical) |
|
Air flow tests
|
1984
|
2 |
F4D
Skyray (Historical) |
|
N/A |
1950s |
1 |
F5D-1 Skylancer (Historical) |
|
Develop Dyna-soar launch pad abort procedures |
1961 - 1970 |
6 |
F-8A Crusader (Historical) |
|
SCW - Supercritical Wing |
1971 - 1973 |
7 |
F-8C Crusader (Historical) |
|
DFBW - Digital Fly-By-Wire |
1972 - 1985 |
8 |
F-14 Tomcat (Historical) |
|
Variable Sweep Transition flight experiment |
1986 - 1987 |
8 |
F-15 Eagle |
|
F-15B SBRDC/ECANS |
2007 - present |
7 |
|
F-15B #837 Intelligent Flight Control System |
2002 - present |
9 |
|
F-15B #836 Quiet Spike (Historical) |
2006 - present |
19 |
|
F-15B #836 Research Testbed Aircraft |
1993 - present |
38 |
|
F-15 #837 ACTIVE - Thrust Vectoring (Historical) |
1993 - 1998 |
27 |
|
F-15A - Flight Research (Historical) |
1976 - 1981 |
12 |
|
F-15A RPRV/SRV: Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle/Spin Research Vehicle (Historical) |
1975 - 1977 |
2 |
|
Highly Integrated Digital Electronic Control (HIDEC) (Historical) |
1976 - 1993 |
7 |
F-16 AFTI (Historical) |
|
AFTI - Advanced Fighter Technology Integration |
1983 |
11 |
F-16XL (Historical) |
|
Ship #1 (Historical) |
1991 - 1996 |
39 |
|
Ship #1 CAWAP - Cranked Aero Wing
Aerodynamics Project (Historical) |
1994 - 1996 |
13 |
|
Ship #2 - Supersonic Laminar Flow (Historical) |
1992 - 1996 |
30 |
F-18 Hornet |
|
Airborne Astronomy |
1999 - present |
4 |
|
Mission Support Aircraft |
1990 - present |
28 |
|
SRA - Systems Research Aircraft |
1993 - 1998 |
22 |
|
HARV - High Alpha Research Aircraft (Historical) |
1987 - 1997 |
33 |
F-86 Sabre (Historical) |
|
Chase Aircraft |
1950s |
37 |
F-100 Super Sabre (Historical) |
|
Inertial Coupling (stability) |
1954 - 1956 |
9 |
F-101 Voodoo (Historical) | |
Air Force fighter
|
1956 |
1 |
F-104 Starfighter (Historical) | |
Inertial coupling, reaction controls, noise research |
1956 - 1973 |
28 |
F-105 Thunderchief (Historical) |
|
Various flight research projects |
1959 - 1968 |
1 |
F-106 Delta Dart (Historical) |
|
Eclipse air tow |
1997 - 1998 |
11 |
F-107A (Historical) |
|
Evaluate sidestick flight control system |
1957 - 1959 |
3 |
F-111 Aardvaark (Historical) |
| F-111A (Historical) |
1968 |
2 |
| F-111 AFTI - Advanced Fighter Technology Integration (Historical) |
1974 - 1986 |
6 |
| F-111E IPCS - Integrated Propulsion Control System (Historical) |
1975 |
1 |
| F-111 TACT - Transonic Aircraft Technology (Historical) |
1972 - 1984 |
3 |
Firebee Drone (Historical) |
|
DAST - Drone for Aeroelastic Structures Testing |
1977 - 1984 |
7 |
Gossamer Albatross (Historical) |
|
Human Powered Aircraft |
1980 |
5 |
Global Hawk |
|
Unmanned aircraft |
2007-present |
7 |
Gulfstream III |
|
General project support aircraft |
2002 - present |
5 |
Guppy |
|
Pilot study and system transport |
1962-present |
10 |
HL-10 (Historical) | |
Lifting Body |
1966 - 1970 |
29 |
Helios |
|
Solar Powered Aircraft |
1999 - present |
36 |
HiMAT (Historical) |
|
RPV - Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology |
1979 - 1983 |
6 |
Hyper III (Historical) |
|
RPV - Lifting Body reentry configuration |
1969 |
4 |
Ikhana |
|
Long-endurance, high-altitude unmanned research aircraft |
Present |
41 |
Inflatable Wing (Historical) |
|
Inflatable Wing Technology Demonstrator |
2001 |
9 |
Iron Cross Attitude
Simulator (Historical) |
|
Reaction Flight Control Systems |
1956 |
3 |
KC-135A Stratotanker (Historical) |
|
Evaluate capabilities of jet aircraft in air traffic control system and Winglet Study |
1958 and 1979 |
5 |
KingAir |
|
Support aircraft
|
1997 - present
|
7 |
L-1011 |
|
Adaptive Performance Optimization |
1995 - present |
5 |
|
Wing Vortex Study (Historical) |
1977 |
1 |
Lear 24 (Historical) |
|
Jet transport |
2001 |
1 |
LLRV (Historical) |
|
Lunar Landing Research Vehicle |
1964 - 1967 |
9 |
LRV (Historical) |
|
Low Reynolds Vehicle |
1981 - 1982 |
2 |
M2-F1 (Historical) |
|
Lifting Body |
1963 - 1964 |
22 |
M2-F2 (Historical) |
|
Lifting Body |
1966 - 1967 |
18 |
M2-F3 (Historical) |
|
Lifting Body |
1970 - 1972 |
10 |
MD-11 (Historical) |
|
Propulsion Controlled Aircraft |
1995 |
10 |
Mini-Sniffer (Historical) |
|
Air sample gathering |
1974 - 1977 |
4 |
Morphing Airplane |
|
Inflight Configuration Changes |
present |
1 |
Oblique Wing Research Aircraft (Historical) |
|
Oblique Wing Research |
1976 |
2 |
Orion Crew Module |
|
Orion crew module |
2007 - present |
16 |
OV-1C (Historical) |
|
Stall speed warning system |
1983 |
2 |
P-3D Orion (Historical) | |
Shuttle Tile Flight Tests Fixture |
1987 |
2 |
P-38 Lightning (Historical) |
|
World War II fighter
|
mid 1940s |
1 |
P-51 Mustang (Historical) |
|
Chase (X-1A), Pilot proficiency |
1950s, 2000 |
4 |
PA-30 TwinComanche (Historical) |
|
NASA 808 RPRV - Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle |
1979 - 1980 |
2 |
Paresev (Historical) |
|
Spacecraft landing control systems |
1962 - 1964 |
10 |
Pathfinder (Historical) |
|
Solar Powered Aircraft |
1994 - 1997 |
35 |
Pathfinder-Plus |
|
Solar Powered Aircraft |
1998 - present |
32 |
Pegasus (Historical) |
|
Air-launched space booster |
1989 - 1994 |
9 |
Perseus (Historical) |
|
Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology |
1993 - 1994, 1998 |
23 |
Phoenix Missile |
|
Hypersonic testbed |
2007 - present |
3 |
PIK-20E (Historical) |
|
Sailplane Research Aircraft - airflow over lifting surfaces |
1981 - 1991 |
2 |
Power-Beaming |
|
Continuous flight using beamed laser energy |
2002-present |
10 |
Propulsion Controlled Aircraft (PCA) |
|
Propulsion Controlled Aircraft (PCA) |
1993-present |
9 |
Proteus |
|
Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology |
1999- present |
7 |
Quiet Spike |
|
Sonic boom research |
2006 - present |
19 |
R4D
Skytrain (Historical) |
|
Support aircraft |
1950s |
3 |
RF-84F (Historical) |
|
Pitch up studies |
1965 |
1 |
RSRA (Historical) |
|
Rotor Systems Research Aircraft |
1980 - 1981 |
2 |
Schweizer 1-36 (Historical) |
|
Deep Stall Research |
1983 - 1984 |
3 |
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) |
|
Space shuttle ferry flights |
1981 - present |
7 |
SOFIA |
|
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy |
2006 - present |
68 |
Spacewedge (Historical) |
|
Spacecraft Autoland Project |
1991 - 1996 |
6 |
SRV (Historical) |
|
RPV - Spin Research Vehicle |
1973 - 1981 |
2 |
Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration (SSBD) |
|
Reducing sonic boom intensity |
2003 - 2004 |
12 |
SR-71 Blackbird |
|
High speed flight and sonic boom studies (Historical) |
1990 - 1999 |
43 |
|
Linear Aerospike SR Experiment (LASRE) (Historical) |
1996 - 1999 |
21 |
|
Ultraviolet Experiment |
1994 |
1 |
T-33A (Historical) |
|
Support and Flight Research |
1958 - 1973 |
4 |
T-34C |
|
Chase, pilot proficiency |
1996 - present |
10 |
T-37 (Historical) |
|
Chase Aircraft, Wake Vortex Studies |
1974 |
2 |
T-38 |
|
Chase, pilot proficiency |
1970s - present |
15 |
Theseus |
|
RPV |
1996 - present |
16 |
Tier 3- Darkstar (Historical) |
|
RPV |
1995 - 1999 |
2 |
TU-144LL (Historical) |
|
Supersonic Research |
1996 - 1999 |
16 |
U-2 (Historical) |
|
Never flown - CIA Cover Story |
1960 |
1 |
Voyager (Historical) |
|
Globe circling flight |
1987 |
1 |
X-1 (Historical) | |
Supersonic flight |
1946 - 1958 |
19 |
X-1A (Historical) | |
Supersonic flight |
1946 - 1958 |
7 |
X-1B (Historical) |
|
Supersonic flight |
1946 - 1958 |
11 |
X-1E (Historical) | |
Supersonic flight |
1946 - 1958 |
12 |
X-2 (Historical) | |
Supersonic swept wing |
1955 - 1956 |
8 |
X-3 (Historical) | |
Sustained flight at Mach 2+, low aspect ratio wings,titanium construction |
1953 - 1956 |
11 |
X-4 (Historical) | |
Semi-tailless aircraft |
1954 |
9 |
X-5 (Historical) | |
Variable sweep wings |
1952 - 1955 |
10 |
X-15 (Historical) | |
Hypersonic flight at high altitude |
1959 - 1968 |
55 |
X-24 (Historical) | |
Lifting body flight research |
1969 - 1975 |
30 |
X-29 (Historical) |
|
Forward Swept Wing |
1984 - 1992 |
18 |
X-31 (Historical) |
|
Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability Demonstrator |
1992 - 1995 |
27 |
X-33 (Historical) | |
Advanced Technology Demonstrator |
1996 - 1999 |
25 |
X-34 (Historical) | |
Technology Testbed Demonstrator |
1998 - 2000 |
30 |
X-36 (Historical) | |
Tailless Aircraft Research |
1996 - 1997 |
27 |
X-37 | |
Advanced Technology Demonstrator |
1999 - present |
5 |
X-38 (Historical) | |
Experimental Crew Return Vehicle |
1995 - 2001 |
78 |
X-40A (Historical) | |
Space Maneuvering Vehicle |
1996 - 2001 |
14 |
X-43A / Hyper-X | |
Unpiloted Hypersonic Research Vehicle |
1996 - present |
82 |
X-45A | |
X-45A Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) |
2001 - present |
25 |
X-48B | |
Blended Wing Body |
Present |
18 |
X-Wing (Historical) | |
Rotor System Research Aircraft |
1986 - 1988 |
3 |
XB-70A Valkyrie (Historical) | |
Stability and handling of large delta-wing aircraft at high
speed |
1967 - 1969 |
12 |
XF-91 Thunderceptor (Historical) | |
Prototype fighter
|
early 1950s |
1 |
XF-92A (Historical) | |
Evaluate delta wing concept |
1953 |
9 |
XV-15 Tilt Rotor Aircraft (Historical) | |
Improve design and efficiency of rotorcraft using
tilt rotors |
1980 - 1981 |
4 |
YF-12 Blackbird (Historical) | |
High speed, high altitude research, aerodynamic
and thermal loads |
1970 - 1978 |
10 |
YF-17 Cobra (Historical) | |
Prototype aircraft (future F-18) |
mid 1970s |
3 |
YF-23 (Historical) | |
Never flown at Dryden - US Air Force photo |
1994 |
1 |
YF-102 Delta Dagger (Historical) | |
Delta wing research |
1954 - 1958 |
4 |
YO-3A | |
In-Flight Acoustics Research |
1997 - 2004 |
5 |
YRF-84F (Historical) | |
Pitch-up research |
1954 - 1956 |
3 |
|
Aircraft Fleet Images |
Fleet images | |
All Dryden aircraft fleet photos |
1950 - present |
50 |
Fleet Images from
the 1950s (Historical) | |
Dryden aircraft fleet photos |
1950 - 1959 |
11 |
Fleet Images from
the 1960s (Historical) | |
Dryden aircraft fleet photos |
1960 - 1969 |
14 |
Fleet Images from
the 1970s (Historical) | |
Dryden aircraft fleet photos |
1970 - 1979 |
2 |
Fleet Images from the 1980s (Historical) | |
Dryden aircraft fleet photos |
1980 - 1989 |
4 |
Fleet Images from the 1990s (Historical) | |
Dryden aircraft fleet photos |
1990 - 1999 |
15 |
Fleet Images from the 2000s | |
Dryden aircraft fleet photos |
2000 - present |
4 |
|
STS - Space Shuttle |
ALT (Historical) | |
STS Approach and Landing Tests |
late 1970s |
6 |
Ferry Flights | |
STS - SCA Ferry Flights |
1981 - present |
9 |
Landings | |
STS Dryden/Edwards Landings |
1981 - present |
39 |
MDD | |
STS Mate-Demate Device |
1978 - present |
7 |
STS-1 Landing (Historical) | |
STS-1 Landing at Edwards |
April 14, 1981 |
20 |
STS-76 Landing (Historical) | |
STS-76 Landing at Edwards |
March 31, 1996 |
7 |
STS-92 Landing (Historical) | |
STS-92 Landing at Edwards |
October 24, 2000 |
15 |
STS-98 Landing (Historical) | |
STS-98 Landing at Edwards |
February 20, 2001 |
8 |
STS-100 Landing (Historical) | |
STS-100 Landing at Edwards |
May 1, 2001 |
10 |
STS-111 Landing (Historical) | |
STS-111 Landing at Edwards |
June 19, 2002 |
8 |
STS-114 Landing (Historical) | |
STS-114 Discovery Space Shuttle landing at Edwards Air Force Base |
August 9, 2005 |
32 |
STS-117 Landing | |
STS-117 Atlantis Space Shuttle landing at Edwards Air Force Base |
June 22, 2007 |
12 |
STS-Miscellaneous | |
STS-Miscellaneous |
2005 |
9 |
|
Dryden Center Research Facilities Images |
Dryden Research Facilities | |
Dryden laboratories and buildings |
1946 - present |
30 |
Flight Simulators | |
Dryden flight simulators |
1958 - present |
17 |
Flight Loads Laboratory | |
Stress testing of aircraft under conditions expected in flight |
1970 - present |
16 |
Flow Visualization Facility | |
Water Tunnel Flow Studies |
1983 - present |
3 |
|
Other Dryden Images |
Aerodynamic Truck Research (Historical) | |
Air Flow Research |
1975 - 1981 |
2 |
Directors | |
Dryden Center Directors portraits |
1946 - present |
19 |
Miscellaneous | |
Miscellaneous Dryden photos |
N/A |
14 |
People | |
Dryden people |
1946 - present |
56 |
Pilots | |
Dryden Research Pilots and their aircraft |
1946 - present |
79 |
Schlieren Photography | |
Shock Wave Visualization Research |
1993 - present |
1 |
Visitors | |
Guest speakers, visiting dignitaries, etc |
2002 - present |
22 |