Aircraft |
Research Program |
Flight Dates |
#Images |
A-5A
Vigilante (Historical) |
![A-5A](Thumbnails/a5a.jpg) |
SST & Sonic Boom Research |
1963 |
1 |
Active Aeroelastic Wing (AAW) (Historical) | ![AAW](Thumbnails/aaw.jpg) |
Active Aeroelastic Wing Research |
2001 - present |
25 |
AD-1 (Historical) | ![AD-1](Thumbnails/ad1.jpg) |
Oblique Wing Research |
1979 - 1982 |
7 |
Aero-Commander (Historical) | ![Aerocommander](Thumbnails/aerocommander.jpg) |
Unswept Fuselage Study |
1968 |
2 |
Aerospike Rocket Test | ![Aerospike Rocket](Thumbnails/aerospikeRocket.jpg) |
First know data from a solid fueled aerospike rocket in flight |
Present |
3 |
Altair | ![Altair](Thumbnails/altair.jpg) |
Remotely operated, uninhabited aircraft program |
Present |
24 |
Altus (Historical) | ![Altus](Thumbnails/altus.jpg) |
ERAST Program - High Altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
1996 - 1997 |
10 |
Apex (Historical) | ![Apex](Thumbnails/apex.jpg) |
ERAST Program - High Altitude Sailplane |
1995 - 1998 |
3 |
APV-3 NUAVT (Historical) | ![APV-3 NUAVT](Thumbnails/apv-3.jpg) |
Auto Piloted Vehicle (APV-3) Networked Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
2005 |
3 |
Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR) (Historical) | ![AAR](Thumbnails/aar.jpg) |
F/A-18 #845 Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR) project |
2002 - 2003 |
10 |
Autonomous Airborne Refueling Demonstration (AARD) | ![AARD](Thumbnails/aard.jpg) |
F/A-18 #845 Autonomous Airborne Refueling |
2006 - present |
12 |
Autonomous Formation Flight (AFF) (Historical) | ![AFF](Thumbnails/aff.jpg) |
Autonomous Formation Flight Control |
2000 - 2001 |
8 |
Autonomous Soaring Project | ![Autonomous Soaring model in flight](Thumbnails/soaring.jpg) |
Thermal Lift Tests to Extend UAV Flight Range and Endurance |
2005 |
3 |
B-29 Superfortress (Historical) | ![B-29](Thumbnails/b29.jpg) |
Air Drop Mothership |
1940s - 1960s |
10 |
B-47A Stratojet (Historical) | ![B-47A](Thumbnails/b47.jpg) |
Landing Drag Chute Study and Dynamic Response
Research |
1953 - 1957 |
7 |
B-52 Stratofortress |
![B-52](Thumbnails/b52.jpg) |
Air Drop Mothership (Historical) |
1959 - 2004 |
44 |
![F-111 chute drop](Thumbnails/chute_drop.jpg) |
F-111 Chute Drop Test (Historical) |
1989 |
2 |
![HiMat drop](Thumbnails/himat_drop.jpg) |
HiMAT Mothership (Historical) |
1979 - 1983 |
2 |
![Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster](Thumbnails/srb.jpg) |
Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (Historical) |
1970s - 1980s |
6 |
![Drag chute tests](Thumbnails/drag_chute.jpg) |
STS Drag Chute Tests (Historical) |
1990 - 1991 |
5 |
![X-38 drop](Thumbnails/x38_drop.jpg) |
X-38 Mothership (Historical) |
1997 - 2000 |
11 |
B-57B Canberra (Historical) | ![Apex](Thumbnails/b57.jpg) |
Atmospheric Research |
1982 |
3 |
Bell 47 (Historical) |
![Bell 47](Thumbnails/bell47.jpg) |
Support and LLRV Chase/Training |
early 1960s - 1985 |
3 |
Boeing 720 (Historical) |
![Boeing 720](Thumbnails/720.jpg) |
CID - Controlled Impact Demonstration |
1984 |
7 |
Boeing 727 (Historical) | ![Boeing 727](Thumbnails/727.jpg) |
Vortex study |
1974 |
1 |
Boeing 747 (Historical) | ![Boeing 747](Thumbnails/747.jpg) |
Vortex study |
1974, 1979 |
4 |
C-17 Globemaster III |
![C-17](Thumbnails/c17.jpg) |
Propulsion Health Management (PHM) |
2003 - present |
11 |
C-140 Jetstar (Historical) |
![C-140](Thumbnails/c140.jpg) |
General purpose airborne simulator |
1963 - 1988 |
5 |
C-141A (Historical) |
![C-141A](Thumbnails/c141.jpg) |
Eclipse tow aircraft
|
1997 |
1 |
Centurion (Historical) | ![Centurion](Thumbnails/centurion.jpg) |
High Altitude Solar Powered Aircraft |
1997 |
30 |
CV-990 (Historical) |
![LSRA](Thumbnails/lsra.jpg) |
LSRA - Landing Systems Research Aircraft |
1993 - 1996 |
17 |
D-558-1 Skystreak (Historical) |
![D-558-1](Thumbnails/d558-1.jpg) |
Transonic Flight Research |
1947 - 1953 |
11 |
D-558-2 Skyrocket (Historical) |
![D-558-II](Thumbnails/d558-2.jpg) |
Transonic and Supersonic Flight Research |
1949 - 1956 |
18 |
Daedalus (Historical) |
![Daedalus](Thumbnails/daedalus.jpg) |
Human Powered Aircraft |
1987 - 1988 |
2 |
DC-8 |
![DC-8](Thumbnails/dc8.jpg) |
Airborne Laboratory |
1997 - present |
129 |
Demonstrator 2 (Historical) |
![Demonstrator 2](Thumbnails/d2.jpg) |
ERAST Research |
1996 |
1 |
E-2C Hawkeye |
![E-2C Hawkeye](Thumbnails/E-2C.jpg) |
Loads Lab weight tests for planned modifications |
2005 |
3 |
Eclipse (Historical) |
![Eclipse](Thumbnails/eclipse.jpg) |
Towed aircraft launch |
1997 |
16 |
ER-2 |
![ER-2](Thumbnails/er2.jpg) |
High altitude Research |
1997 - present |
34 |
F-4A Phantom (Historical) |
![F-4A](Thumbnails/f4a.jpg) |
Navy fighter
|
1965
|
1 |
F-4C Phantom II (Historical) |
![F-4C](Thumbnails/f4c.jpg) |
Air flow tests
|
1984
|
2 |
F4D
Skyray (Historical) |
![F4D](Thumbnails/f4d.jpg) |
N/A |
1950s |
1 |
F5D-1 Skylancer (Historical) |
![F-5D](Thumbnails/f5d.jpg) |
Develop Dyna-soar launch pad abort procedures |
1961 - 1970 |
6 |
F-8A Crusader (Historical) |
![F-8A](Thumbnails/f8scw.jpg) |
SCW - Supercritical Wing |
1971 - 1973 |
7 |
F-8C Crusader (Historical) |
![F-8C](Thumbnails/f8dfbw.jpg) |
DFBW - Digital Fly-By-Wire |
1972 - 1985 |
8 |
F-14 Tomcat (Historical) |
![F-14](Thumbnails/f14.jpg) |
Variable Sweep Transition flight experiment |
1986 - 1987 |
8 |
F-15 Eagle |
![F-15B ECANS in flight](Thumbnails/f15bECANS.jpg) |
F-15B SBRDC/ECANS |
2007 - present |
7 |
![F-15 IFCS](Thumbnails/f15ifcs.jpg) |
F-15B #837 Intelligent Flight Control System |
2002 - present |
9 |
![Quiet Spike taking off](Thumbnails/quiet_spike.jpg) |
F-15B #836 Quiet Spike (Historical) |
2006 - present |
19 |
![F-15B](Thumbnails/f15b.jpg) |
F-15B #836 Research Testbed Aircraft |
1993 - present |
38 |
![F-15](Thumbnails/f15active.jpg) |
F-15 #837 ACTIVE - Thrust Vectoring (Historical) |
1993 - 1998 |
27 |
![F-15rprv](Thumbnails/f15a.jpg) |
F-15A - Flight Research (Historical) |
1976 - 1981 |
12 |
![F-15rprv](Thumbnails/f15rprv.jpg) |
F-15A RPRV/SRV: Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle/Spin Research Vehicle (Historical) |
1975 - 1977 |
2 |
![F-15 HIDEC](Thumbnails/f15hidec.jpg) |
Highly Integrated Digital Electronic Control (HIDEC) (Historical) |
1976 - 1993 |
7 |
F-16 AFTI (Historical) |
![F-16 AFTI](Thumbnails/f16afti.jpg) |
AFTI - Advanced Fighter Technology Integration |
1983 |
11 |
F-16XL (Historical) |
![F-16XL #1](Thumbnails/f16xl-1.jpg) |
Ship #1 (Historical) |
1991 - 1996 |
39 |
![F-16XL #1](Thumbnails/f16xl_cawap.jpg) |
Ship #1 CAWAP - Cranked Aero Wing
Aerodynamics Project (Historical) |
1994 - 1996 |
13 |
![F-16XL #2](Thumbnails/f16xl-2.jpg) |
Ship #2 - Supersonic Laminar Flow (Historical) |
1992 - 1996 |
33 |
F-18 Hornet |
![F-18 Chase](Thumbnails/f18chase.jpg) |
Airborne Astronomy |
1999 - present |
4 |
![F-18 Mission](Thumbnails/f18mission.jpg) |
Mission Support Aircraft |
1990 - present |
28 |
![F-18 SRA](Thumbnails/f18sra.jpg) |
SRA - Systems Research Aircraft |
1993 - 1998 |
37 |
![F-18 HARV](Thumbnails/f18harv.jpg) |
HARV - High Alpha Research Aircraft (Historical) |
1987 - 1997 |
33 |
F-86 Sabre (Historical) |
![F-86 Sabre](Thumbnails/f86.jpg) |
Chase Aircraft |
1950s |
3 |
F-100 Super Sabre (Historical) |
![F-100](Thumbnails/f100.jpg) |
Inertial Coupling (stability) |
1954 - 1956 |
9 |
F-101 Voodoo (Historical) | ![F-101](Thumbnails/f101.jpg) |
Air Force fighter
|
1956 |
1 |
F-104 Starfighter (Historical) | ![F-104](Thumbnails/f104.jpg) |
Inertial coupling, reaction controls, noise research |
1956 - 1973 |
30 |
F-105 Thunderchief (Historical) |
![F-105](Thumbnails/f105.jpg) |
Various flight research projects |
1959 - 1968 |
1 |
F-106 Delta Dart (Historical) |
![F-106](Thumbnails/f106.jpg) |
Eclipse air tow |
1997 - 1998 |
11 |
F-107A (Historical) |
![F-107](Thumbnails/f107.jpg) |
Evaluate sidestick flight control system |
1957 - 1959 |
3 |
F-111 Aardvaark (Historical) |
![F-111A](Thumbnails/f111a.jpg) | F-111A (Historical) |
1968 |
2 |
![F-111 AFTI](Thumbnails/f111afti.jpg) | F-111 AFTI - Advanced Fighter Technology Integration (Historical) |
1974 - 1986 |
6 |
![F-111 IPCS](Thumbnails/f111ipcs.jpg) | F-111E IPCS - Integrated Propulsion Control System (Historical) |
1975 |
1 |
![F-111 TACT](Thumbnails/f111tact.jpg) | F-111 TACT - Transonic Aircraft Technology (Historical) |
1972 - 1984 |
3 |
Firebee Drone (Historical) |
![Firebee drone](Thumbnails/dast.jpg) |
DAST - Drone for Aeroelastic Structures Testing |
1977 - 1984 |
7 |
Gossamer Albatross (Historical) |
![Gossamer Albatross](Thumbnails/gossamer.jpg) |
Human Powered Aircraft |
1980 |
5 |
Global Hawk |
![Globa Hawk](Thumbnails/global_hawk.jpg) |
Unmanned aircraft |
2007-present |
12 |
Gulfstream III |
![C-20A](Thumbnails/c20a.jpg) |
General project support aircraft |
2002 - present |
5 |
Guppy |
![Guppy](Thumbnails/guppy.jpg) |
Pilot study and system transport |
1962-present |
10 |
HL-10 (Historical) | ![HL-10](Thumbnails/hl10.jpg) |
Lifting Body |
1966 - 1970 |
29 |
Helios |
![Helios](Thumbnails/helios.jpg) |
Solar Powered Aircraft |
1999 - 2003 |
36 |
HiMAT (Historical) |
![HiMat](Thumbnails/himat.jpg) |
RPV - Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology |
1979 - 1983 |
6 |
Hyper III (Historical) |
![Hyper III](Thumbnails/hyper3.jpg) |
RPV - Lifting Body reentry configuration |
1969 |
4 |
Ikhana |
![Inflatable Wing](Thumbnails/ikhana.jpg) |
Long-endurance, high-altitude unmanned research aircraft |
Present |
41 |
Inflatable Wing (Historical) |
![Inflatable Wing](Thumbnails/inflatable_wing.jpg) |
Inflatable Wing Technology Demonstrator |
2001 |
9 |
Iron Cross Attitude
Simulator (Historical) |
![Iron Cross](Thumbnails/ironcross.jpg) |
Reaction Flight Control Systems |
1956 |
3 |
KC-135A Stratotanker (Historical) |
![KC-135A](Thumbnails/kc135.jpg) |
Evaluate capabilities of jet aircraft in air traffic control system and Winglet Study |
1958 and 1979 |
5 |
KingAir |
![King Air](Thumbnails/kingair.jpg) |
Support aircraft
|
1997 - present
|
7 |
L-1011 |
![L-1011](Thumbnails/L1011.jpg) |
Adaptive Performance Optimization |
1995 - 1997 |
5 |
![Wing Vortex Study](Thumbnails/wing_opt.jpg) |
Wing Vortex Study (Historical) |
1977 |
1 |
Lear 24 (Historical) |
![Lear 24](Thumbnails/lear.jpg) |
Jet transport |
2001 |
1 |
LLRV (Historical) |
![LLRV](Thumbnails/llrv.jpg) |
Lunar Landing Research Vehicle |
1964 - 1967 |
9 |
LRV (Historical) |
![LRV](Thumbnails/lrv.jpg) |
Low Reynolds Vehicle |
1981 - 1982 |
2 |
M2-F1 (Historical) |
![M2-F1](Thumbnails/m2f1.jpg) |
Lifting Body |
1963 - 1964 |
22 |
M2-F2 (Historical) |
![M2-F2](Thumbnails/m2f2.jpg) |
Lifting Body |
1966 - 1967 |
18 |
M2-F3 (Historical) |
![M2-F3](Thumbnails/m2f3.jpg) |
Lifting Body |
1970 - 1972 |
10 |
MD-11 (Historical) |
![MD-11](Thumbnails/md11.jpg) |
Propulsion Controlled Aircraft |
1995 |
10 |
Mini-Sniffer (Historical) |
![Mini-Sniffer](Thumbnails/minisniffer.jpg) |
Air sample gathering |
1974 - 1977 |
4 |
Morphing Airplane |
![Morphing airplane](Thumbnails/morph.jpg) |
Inflight Configuration Changes |
present |
1 |
Oblique Wing Research Aircraft (Historical) |
![Oblique Wing Research Aircraft](Thumbnails/owra.jpg) |
Oblique Wing Research |
1976 |
2 |
Orion Crew Module |
![Orion crew module](Thumbnails/orioncrew.jpg) |
Orion crew module |
2007 - present |
23 |
OV-1C (Historical) |
![OV-1C](Thumbnails/ov1c.jpg) |
Stall speed warning system |
1983 |
2 |
P-3D Orion (Historical) | ![P-3D](Thumbnails/p3.jpg) |
Shuttle Tile Flight Tests Fixture |
1987 |
2 |
P-38 Lightning (Historical) |
![P-38](Thumbnails/p38.jpg) |
World War II fighter
|
mid 1940s |
1 |
P-51D Mustang (Historical) |
![P-51](Thumbnails/p51.jpg) |
Chase (X-1A), Pilot proficiency |
1950s, 2000 |
4 |
PA-30 TwinComanche (Historical) |
![PA-30](Thumbnails/pa30.jpg) |
NASA 808 RPRV - Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle |
1979 - 1980 |
2 |
Paresev (Historical) |
![Paresev](Thumbnails/paresev.jpg) |
Spacecraft landing control systems |
1962 - 1964 |
10 |
Pathfinder (Historical) |
![Pathfinder](Thumbnails/pathfinder.jpg) |
Solar Powered Aircraft |
1994 - 1997 |
35 |
Pathfinder-Plus |
![Pathfinder-Plus](Thumbnails/pathfinderplus.jpg) |
Solar Powered Aircraft |
1998 - 2003 |
32 |
Pegasus (Historical) |
![Pegasus](Thumbnails/pegasus.jpg) |
Air-launched space booster |
1989 - 1994 |
9 |
Perseus (Historical) |
![Perseus](Thumbnails/perseus.jpg) |
Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology |
1993 - 1994, 1998 |
23 |
Phoenix Missile |
![Phoenix Missile](Thumbnails/phoenix.jpg) |
Hypersonic testbed |
2007 - present |
3 |
PIK-20E (Historical) |
![PIK-20](Thumbnails/pik20.jpg) |
Sailplane Research Aircraft - airflow over lifting surfaces |
1981 - 1991 |
2 |
Power-Beaming |
![Power-Beaming](Thumbnails/powerbeaming.jpg) |
Continuous flight using beamed laser energy |
2002-present |
10 |
Propulsion Controlled Aircraft (PCA) |
![MD-11 aircraft taking off](Thumbnails/md11.jpg) |
Propulsion Controlled Aircraft (PCA) |
1993-present |
9 |
Proteus |
![Proteus](Thumbnails/proteus.jpg) |
Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology |
1999- present |
7 |
Quiet Spike |
![Quiet Spike taking off](Thumbnails/quiet_spike.jpg) |
Sonic boom research |
2006 - present |
19 |
R4D
Skytrain (Historical) |
![R4](Thumbnails/r4d.jpg) |
Support aircraft |
1950s |
3 |
RF-84F (Historical) |
![RF-84-F](Thumbnails/rf84f.jpg) |
Pitch up studies |
1965 |
1 |
RSRA (Historical) |
![RSRA](Thumbnails/rsra.jpg) |
Rotor Systems Research Aircraft |
1980 - 1981 |
2 |
Schweizer 1-36 (Historical) |
![Schweizer 1-36](Thumbnails/schweizer.jpg) |
Deep Stall Research |
1983 - 1984 |
3 |
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) |
![Shuttle Carrier Aircraft ferrys the Shuttle back to Florida](Thumbnails/ferry.jpg) |
Space shuttle ferry flights |
1981 - present |
7 |
SOFIA |
![747SP aircraft](Thumbnails/sofia.jpg) |
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy |
2006 - present |
80 |
Spacewedge (Historical) |
![Spacewedge](Thumbnails/spacewedge.jpg) |
Spacecraft Autoland Project |
1991 - 1996 |
6 |
SRV (Historical) |
![SRV](Thumbnails/srv.jpg) |
RPV - Spin Research Vehicle |
1973 - 1981 |
2 |
Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration (SSBD) |
![F-5](Thumbnails/ssbd.jpg) |
Reducing sonic boom intensity |
2003 - 2004 |
12 |
SR-71 Blackbird |
![SR-71](Thumbnails/sr71.jpg) |
High speed flight and sonic boom studies (Historical) |
1990 - 1999 |
43 |
![LASRE](Thumbnails/lasre.jpg) |
Linear Aerospike SR Experiment (LASRE) (Historical) |
1996 - 1999 |
21 |
![F-5](Thumbnails/uve.jpg) |
Ultraviolet Experiment |
1994 |
1 |
T-33A (Historical) |
![T-33A](Thumbnails/t33.jpg) |
Support and Flight Research |
1958 - 1973 |
4 |
T-34C |
![T-34C](Thumbnails/t34.jpg) |
Chase, pilot proficiency |
1996 - present |
10 |
T-37 (Historical) |
![T-37](Thumbnails/t37.jpg) |
Chase Aircraft, Wake Vortex Studies |
1974 |
2 |
T-38 |
![T-38](Thumbnails/t38.jpg) |
Chase, pilot proficiency |
1970s - present |
15 |
Theseus |
![Theseus](Thumbnails/theseus.jpg) |
RPV |
1996 |
16 |
Tier 3- Darkstar (Historical) |
![Tier-3](Thumbnails/tier3.jpg) |
RPV |
1995 - 1999 |
2 |
TU-144LL (Historical) |
![TU-144LL](Thumbnails/tu144.jpg) |
Supersonic Research |
1996 - 1999 |
16 |
U-2 (Historical) |
![U-2](Thumbnails/u2.jpg) |
Never flown - CIA Cover Story |
1960 |
1 |
Voyager (Historical) |
![Voyager](Thumbnails/voyager.jpg) |
Globe circling flight |
1987 |
1 |
X-1 (Historical) | ![X-1](Thumbnails/x1.jpg) |
Supersonic flight |
1946 - 1958 |
19 |
X-1A (Historical) | ![X-1A](Thumbnails/x1a.jpg) |
Supersonic flight |
1946 - 1958 |
7 |
X-1B (Historical) |
![X-1B](Thumbnails/x1b.jpg) |
Supersonic flight |
1946 - 1958 |
11 |
X-1E (Historical) | ![X-1E](Thumbnails/x1e.jpg) |
Supersonic flight |
1946 - 1958 |
12 |
X-2 (Historical) | ![X-2](Thumbnails/x2.jpg) |
Supersonic swept wing |
1955 - 1956 |
8 |
X-3 (Historical) | ![X-3](Thumbnails/x3.jpg) |
Sustained flight at Mach 2+, low aspect ratio wings,titanium construction |
1953 - 1956 |
11 |
X-4 (Historical) | ![X-4](Thumbnails/x4.jpg) |
Semi-tailless aircraft |
1954 |
9 |
X-5 (Historical) | ![X-5](Thumbnails/x5.jpg) |
Variable sweep wings |
1952 - 1955 |
10 |
X-15 (Historical) | ![X-15](Thumbnails/x15.jpg) |
Hypersonic flight at high altitude |
1959 - 1968 |
55 |
X-24 (Historical) | ![X-24](Thumbnails/x24.jpg) |
Lifting body flight research |
1969 - 1975 |
32 |
X-29 (Historical) |
![X-29](Thumbnails/x29.jpg) |
Forward Swept Wing |
1984 - 1992 |
18 |
X-31 (Historical) |
![X-31](Thumbnails/x31.jpg) |
Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability Demonstrator |
1992 - 1995 |
27 |
X-33 (Historical) | ![X-33](Thumbnails/x33.jpg) |
Advanced Technology Demonstrator |
1996 - 1999 |
25 |
X-34 (Historical) | ![X-34](Thumbnails/x34.jpg) |
Technology Testbed Demonstrator |
1998 - 2000 |
30 |
X-36 (Historical) | ![X-36](Thumbnails/x36.jpg) |
Tailless Aircraft Research |
1996 - 1997 |
27 |
X-37 | ![X-37](Thumbnails/x37.jpg) |
Advanced Technology Demonstrator |
1999 - present |
5 |
X-38 (Historical) | ![X-38](Thumbnails/x38.jpg) |
Experimental Crew Return Vehicle |
1995 - 2001 |
78 |
X-40A (Historical) | ![X-40](Thumbnails/x40.jpg) |
Space Maneuvering Vehicle |
1996 - 2001 |
14 |
X-43A / Hyper-X | ![X-43A](Thumbnails/x43.jpg) |
Unpiloted Hypersonic Research Vehicle |
1996 - present |
82 |
X-45A | ![X-45A](Thumbnails/x45.jpg) |
X-45A Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) |
2001 - present |
25 |
X-48B | ![X-48B in wind tunner](Thumbnails/x48b.jpg) |
Blended Wing Body |
Present |
18 |
X-Wing (Historical) | ![X-Wing](Thumbnails/xwing.jpg) |
Rotor System Research Aircraft |
1986 - 1988 |
3 |
XB-70A Valkyrie (Historical) | ![XB-70A](Thumbnails/xb70.jpg) |
Stability and handling of large delta-wing aircraft at high
speed |
1967 - 1969 |
12 |
XF-91 Thunderceptor (Historical) | ![XF-91](Thumbnails/xf91.jpg) |
Prototype fighter
|
early 1950s |
1 |
XF-92A (Historical) | ![XF-92A](Thumbnails/xf92.jpg) |
Evaluate delta wing concept |
1953 |
9 |
XV-15 Tilt Rotor Aircraft (Historical) | ![XV-15](Thumbnails/xv15.jpg) |
Improve design and efficiency of rotorcraft using
tilt rotors |
1980 - 1981 |
4 |
YF-12 Blackbird (Historical) | ![YF-12](Thumbnails/yf12.jpg) |
High speed, high altitude research, aerodynamic
and thermal loads |
1970 - 1978 |
10 |
YF-17 Cobra (Historical) | ![YF-17](Thumbnails/yf17.jpg) |
Prototype aircraft (future F-18) |
mid 1970s |
3 |
YF-23 (Historical) | ![YF-23](Thumbnails/yf23.jpg) |
Never flown at Dryden - US Air Force photo |
1994 |
1 |
YF-102 Delta Dagger (Historical) | ![YF-102](Thumbnails/yf102.jpg) |
Delta wing research |
1954 - 1958 |
4 |
YO-3A | ![YO-3A](Thumbnails/yo3a.jpg) |
In-Flight Acoustics Research |
1997 - 2004 |
5 |
YRF-84F (Historical) | ![YRF-84-F](Thumbnails/yrf84f.jpg) |
Pitch-up research |
1954 - 1956 |
3 |
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Aircraft Fleet Images |
Fleet images | ![Fleet](Thumbnails/fleet.jpg) |
All Dryden aircraft fleet photos |
1950 - present |
50 |
Fleet Images from
the 1950s (Historical) | ![1950s Fleet](Thumbnails/50s.jpg) |
Dryden aircraft fleet photos |
1950 - 1959 |
11 |
Fleet Images from
the 1960s (Historical) | ![1960s Fleet](Thumbnails/60s.jpg) |
Dryden aircraft fleet photos |
1960 - 1969 |
14 |
Fleet Images from
the 1970s (Historical) | ![1970s Fleet](Thumbnails/70s.jpg) |
Dryden aircraft fleet photos |
1970 - 1979 |
2 |
Fleet Images from the 1980s (Historical) | ![1980s Fleet](Thumbnails/80s.jpg) |
Dryden aircraft fleet photos |
1980 - 1989 |
4 |
Fleet Images from the 1990s (Historical) | ![1990s Fleet](Thumbnails/90s.jpg) |
Dryden aircraft fleet photos |
1990 - 1999 |
15 |
Fleet Images from the 2000s | ![2000s Fleet](Thumbnails/2000s.jpg) |
Dryden aircraft fleet photos |
2000 - present |
6 |
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STS - Space Shuttle |
ALT (Historical) | ![ALT](Thumbnails/alt.jpg) |
STS Approach and Landing Tests |
late 1970s |
6 |
Ferry Flights | ![Ferry Flights](Thumbnails/ferry.jpg) |
STS - SCA Ferry Flights |
1981 - present |
9 |
Landings | ![Shuttle landings](Thumbnails/landing.jpg) |
STS Dryden/Edwards Landings |
1981 - present |
39 |
MDD | ![MDD](Thumbnails/mdd.jpg) |
STS Mate-Demate Device |
1978 - present |
7 |
STS-1 Landing (Historical) | ![STS-1](Thumbnails/sts1.jpg) |
STS-1 Landing at Edwards |
April 14, 1981 |
20 |
STS-76 Landing (Historical) | ![STS-76](Thumbnails/sts76.jpg) |
STS-76 Landing at Edwards |
March 31, 1996 |
7 |
STS-92 Landing (Historical) | ![STS-92](Thumbnails/sts92.jpg) |
STS-92 Landing at Edwards |
October 24, 2000 |
15 |
STS-98 Landing (Historical) | ![STS-98](Thumbnails/sts98.jpg) |
STS-98 Landing at Edwards |
February 20, 2001 |
8 |
STS-100 Landing (Historical) | ![STS-100](Thumbnails/sts100.jpg) |
STS-100 Landing at Edwards |
May 1, 2001 |
10 |
STS-111 Landing (Historical) | ![STS-111](Thumbnails/sts111.jpg) |
STS-111 Landing at Edwards |
June 19, 2002 |
8 |
STS-114 Landing (Historical) | ![STS-114 Landing](Thumbnails/sts114.jpg) |
STS-114 Discovery Space Shuttle landing at Edwards Air Force Base |
August 9, 2005 |
32 |
STS-117 Landing | ![STS-117 Landing](Thumbnails/sts117.jpg) |
STS-117 Atlantis Space Shuttle landing at Edwards Air Force Base |
June 22, 2007 |
12 |
STS-126 Landing | ![STS-126 Landing](Thumbnails/sts126.jpg) |
STS-126 Endeavour Space Shuttle landing at Edwards Air Force Base |
November 30, 2008 |
36 |
STS-Miscellaneous | ![STS-111](Thumbnails/sts_misc.jpg) |
STS-Miscellaneous |
2005 |
9 |
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Dryden Center Research Facilities Images |
Dryden Research Facilities | ![Facilities](Thumbnails/facilities.jpg) |
Dryden laboratories and buildings |
1946 - present |
30 |
Flight Simulators | ![Simulators](Thumbnails/sim.jpg) |
Dryden flight simulators |
1958 - present |
17 |
Flight Loads Laboratory | ![Flight Loads Lab](Thumbnails/fll.jpg) |
Stress testing of aircraft under conditions expected in flight |
1970 - present |
16 |
Flow Visualization Facility | ![Flow visualization](Thumbnails/floviz.jpg) |
Water Tunnel Flow Studies |
1985 |
3 |
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Other Dryden Images |
Aerodynamic Truck Research (Historical) | ![Truck](Thumbnails/truck.jpg) |
Air Flow Research |
1975 - 1981 |
2 |
Directors | ![Director](Thumbnails/directors.jpg) |
Dryden Center Directors portraits |
1946 - present |
19 |
Miscellaneous | ![Miscellaneous](Thumbnails/misc.jpg) |
Miscellaneous Dryden photos |
N/A |
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People | ![Dryden people](Thumbnails/people.jpg) |
Dryden people |
1946 - present |
65 |
Pilots | ![Dryden pilots](Thumbnails/pilots.jpg) |
Dryden Research Pilots and their aircraft |
1946 - present |
79 |
Schlieren Photography | ![Schlieren photography](Thumbnails/schlieren.jpg) |
Shock Wave Visualization Research |
1993 |
1 |
Visitors | ![Visitors to Dryden](Thumbnails/visitors.jpg) |
Guest speakers, visiting dignitaries, etc |
2002 - present |
22 |