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Aircraft | Research Program | Flight Dates | Images | |
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A-5A (Historical) | SST and Sonic Boom Research | 1963 | 3 | |
ACAT_FRRP | Automatic Collision Avoidance Technology | 2009 - present | 7 | |
AD-1 (Historical) | Oblique Wing Research | 1979 - 1982 | 4 | |
Aero-Commander (Historical) | Unswept Fuselage Study | 1968 | 2 | |
Aerospike Rocket Test | First known 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 | 13 | |
Apex (Historical) | ERAST Program - High Altitude Sailplane | 1995 - 1998 | 5 | |
Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR) (Historical) | F/A-18 #845 Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR) project | 2002 - 2003 | 10 | |
Autonomous Airborne Refueling Demo (AARD) | F/A-18 #845 Autonomous Airborne Refueling | 2006 - present | 12 | |
Autonomous Formation Flight (AFF) (Historical) | Autonomous Formation Flight Control | 2000 - 2001 | 12 | |
Autonomous Soaring Project (Historical) | Thermal Lift Tests to Extend UAV Flight Range and Endurance | 2005 | 3 | |
B-29 (Historical) | Air Drop Mothership | 1940s - 1960s | 10 | |
B-47A Stratojet (Historical) | Landing Drag Chute Study and Dynamic Response Research | 1953 - 1957 | 4 | |
B-52 Air Drop Mothership (Historical) | B-52 Stratofortress | 1959 - 2004 | 47 | |
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 | 14 | |
C-141A (Historical) | Eclipse tow aircraft | 1997 | 1 | |
Centurion (Historical) | High Altitude Solar Powered Aircraft | 1997 | 33 | |
CV-990 (Historical) | LSRA - Landing Systems Research Aircraft | 1993 - 1996 | 16 | |
D-558-1 (Historical) | Transonic Flight Research | 1947 - 1953 | 13 | |
D-558-2 (Historical) | Transonic and Supersonic Flight Research | 1949 - 1956 | 17 | |
Daedalus (Historical) | Human Powered Aircraft | 1987 - 1988 | 2 | |
DC-8 | Airborne Laboratory | 1997 - present | 172 | |
Demonstrator 2 (Historical) | ERAST Research | 1996 | 1 | |
DROID / Dryden Remotely Operated Integrated Drone | Automatic Collision Avoidance Technology (ACAT) | 2010 - present | 6 | |
E-2C Hawkeye (Historical) | Loads Lab weight tests for planned modifications | 2005 | 3 | |
ER-2 | High altitude Research | 1997 - present | 73 | |
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 | 5 | |
F-8A Crusader (Historical) | SCW - Supercritical Wing | 1971 - 1973 | 4 | |
F-8C Crusader (Historical) | DFBW - Digital Fly-By-Wire | 1972 - 1985 | 5 | |
F-14 Tomcat (Historical) | Variable Sweep Transition flight experiment | 1986 - 1987 | 8 | |
F-15 Eagle | F-15D | 2010 - present | 9 | |
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 | 18 | ||
F-15B #836 Research Testbed Aircraft | 1993 - present | 34 | ||
F-15 #837 ACTIVE - Thrust Vectoring (Historical) | 1993 - 2009 | 23 | ||
F-15A - Flight Research (Historical) | 1976 - 1981 | 11 | ||
Highly Integrated Digital Electronic Control (HIDEC) (Historical) | 1976 - 1993 | 5 | ||
F-16 AFTI (Historical) | AFTI - Advanced Fighter Technology Integration | 1983 | 7 | |
F-16XL (Historical) | Ship #1 (Historical) | 1991 - 1996 | 24 | |
Ship #2 - Supersonic Laminar Flow (Historical) | 1992 - 1996 | 24 | ||
F-18 Hornet | ||||
Active Aeroelastic Wing | 2001 - present | 25 | ||
Airborne Astronomy | 1999 - present | 4 | ||
HARV - High Alpha Research Aircraft (Historical) | 1987 - 1997 | 29 | ||
Integrated Resilient Aircraft Control (IRAC) | 2008 - present | 8 | ||
Mission Support Aircraft | 1990 - present | 33 | ||
SRA - Systems Research Aircraft | 1993 - 1998 | 37 | ||
F-84 (Historical) | Pitch-up research | 1954 - 1956 | 3 | |
F-86 Sabre (Historical) | Chase Aircraft | 1950s | 1 | |
F-100 (Historical) | Inertial Coupling (stability) | 1954 - 1956 | 8 | |
F-101 Voodoo (Historical) | Air Force fighter | 1956 | 2 | |
F-104 Starfighter (Historical) | Inertial coupling, reaction controls, noise research | 1956 - 1973 | 29 | |
F-105 (Historical) | Various flight research projects | 1959 - 1968 | 1 | |
F-106 Delta Dart (Historical) | Eclipse air tow, Wing Leading Edge Vortex Flaps testing | 1997 - 1998 | 15 | |
F-107A (Historical) | Evaluate sidestick flight control system | 1957 - 1959 | 8 | |
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 & nbsp;(Historical) |
1972 - 1984 | 3 | ||
Firebee Drone (Historical) | DAST - Drone for Aeroelastic Structures Testing | 1977 - 1984 | 9 | |
Flight Opportunities Program |
Flight Opportunities Program research vehicles | 2012 - present | 11 | |
Global Hawk | Unmanned aircraft | 2007-present | 92 | |
Gossamer Albatross (Historical) |
Human Powered Aircraft | 1980 | 5 | |
Gulfstream III | Environmental Science Research / UAVSAR | 2002 - present | 18 | |
Aerodynamics Research Test Bed | 2002 - present | 7 | ||
Guppy | Pilot study and system transport | 1962-present | 10 | |
HL-10 (Historical) | Lifting Body | 1966 - 1970 | 30 | |
Helios (Historical) | Solar Powered Aircraft | 1999 - 2003 | 42 | |
Hyper III (Historical) | RPV - Lifting Body reentry configuration | 1969 | 3 | |
Ikhana (MQ-9 Predator B) | Long-endurance unmanned research aircraft | Present | 28 | |
Inflatable Wing (Historical) | Inflatable Wing Technology Demonstrator | 2001 | 10 | |
Iron Cross (Historical) | Reaction Flight Control Systems | 1956 | 3 | |
Jetstar (Historical) | General purpose airborne simulator | 1963 - 1988 | 5 | |
KC-135A (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 (Historical) | Adaptive Performance Optimization | 1995 - 1997 | 6 | |
Lear-24 | Jet transport | 2001 - present | 1 | |
LLRV (Historical) | Lunar Landing Research Vehicle | 1964 - 1967 | 7 | |
LRV (Historical) | Low Reynolds Vehicle | 1981 - 1982 | 1 | |
M2-F1 (Historical) | Lifting Body | 1963 - 1964 | 21 | |
M2-F2 (Historical) | Lifting Body | 1966 - 1967 | 17 | |
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 (Historical) | Oblique Wing Research | 1976 | 4 | |
Orion Crew Module | Launch Abort System Flight Tests | 2007 - 2010 | 45 | |
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-51D Mustang (Historical) | Chase (X-1A), Pilot proficiency | 1950s, 2000 | 4 | |
PA-30 (Historical) | NASA 808 RPRV - Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle | 1979 - 1980 | 2 | |
Paresev (Historical) | Spacecraft landing control systems | 1962 - 1964 | 9 | |
Pathfinder (Historical) | Solar Powered Aircraft | 1994 - 1997 | 30 | |
Pathfinder-Plus (Historical) | Solar Powered Aircraft | 1998 - 2003 | 30 | |
Pegasus (Historical) | Air-launched space booster | 1989 - 1994 | 8 | |
Perseus (Historical) | Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology |
1993 - 1994, 1998 | 21 | |
Phantom Eye | Prototype Unmanned Aircraft System | 2012 | 2 | |
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 | 3 | |
Proteus | Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology |
1999- present | 22 | |
Quiet Spike | Sonic boom research | 2006 - present | 18 | |
R4D Skytrain (Historical) | Support aircraft | 1950s | 3 | |
RSRA (Historical) | Rotor Systems Research Aircraft | 1980 - 1981 | 2 | |
Schweizer 1-36 (Historical) | Deep Stall Research | 1983 - 1984 | 3 | |
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft | Space shuttle ferry flights | 1981 - present | 64 | |
SOFIA | Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy | 2006 - present | 128 | |
Sonic Boom Suppression | Designing future quiet supersonic aircraft | 2011 - present | 4 | |
Spacewedge (Historical) | Spacecraft Autoland Project | 1991 - 1996 | 6 | |
SRV (Historical) | RPV - Spin Research Vehicle | 1973 - 1981 | 2 | |
Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration (SSBD) (Historical) |
Reducing sonic boom intensity | 2003 - 2004 | 12 | |
Sub-scale Research Aircraft | Aircraft Research | 1940s - present | 16 | |
SR-71 Blackbird | High speed flight and sonic boom studies (Historical) | 1990 - 1999 | 46 | |
Linear Aerospike SR Experiment (LASRE) (Historical) | 1996 - 1999 | 21 | ||
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 | 13 | |
Theseus (Historical) | RPV | 1996 | 16 | |
Tier 3 (Historical) | RPV | 1995 - 1999 | 2 | |
TU-144LL (Historical) | Supersonic Research | 1996 - 1999 | 14 | |
U-2 (Historical) | Never flown - CIA Cover Story | 1960 | 1 | |
Voyager (Historical) | Globe circling flight | 1987 | 1 | |
X-1 (Historical) | Supersonic flight | 1946 - 1958 | 14 | |
X-1A (Historical) | Supersonic flight | 1946 - 1958 | 8 | |
X-1B (Historical) | Supersonic flight | 1946 - 1958 | 11 | |
X-1E (Historical) | Supersonic flight | 1946 - 1958 | 11 | |
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 | 8 | |
X-5 (Historical) | Variable sweep wings | 1952 - 1955 | 9 | |
X-15 (Historical) | Hypersonic flight at high altitude | 1959 - 1968 | 39 | |
X-24 (Historical) | Lifting body flight research | 1969 - 1975 | 27 | |
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 | 19 | |
X-34 (Historical) | Technology Testbed Demonstrator | 1998 - 2000 | 28 | |
X-36 (Historical) | Tailless Aircraft Research | 1996 - 1997 | 28 | |
X-37 (Historical) | Advanced Technology Demonstrator | 1999 - present | 2 | |
X-38 (Historical) | Experimental Crew Return Vehicle | 1995 - 2001 | 80 | |
X-40A (Historical) | Space Maneuvering Vehicle | 1996 - 2001 | 22 | |
X-43A / Hyper-X | Unpiloted Hypersonic Research Vehicle | 1996 - present | 86 | |
X-45A | X-45A Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) |
2001 - present | 27 | |
X-48 | X-48B Blended Wing Body | 2006 - 2012 | 27 | |
X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body | Present | 10 | ||
X-Wing (Historical) | Rotor System Research Aircraft | 1986 - 1988 | 3 | |
XB-70A (Historical) | Stability and handling of large delta-wing aircraft at high speed | 1967 - 1969 | 11 | |
XF-91 (Historical) | Prototype fighter | early 1950s | 1 | |
XF-92A (Historical) | Evaluate delta wing concept | 1953 | 8 | |
XV-15 (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 | 9 | |
YF-17 Cobra (Historical) | Prototype aircraft (future F-18) | mid 1970s | 3 | |
YF-102 (Historical) | Delta wing research | 1954 - 1958 | 4 | |
YO-3A (Historical) | In-Flight Acoustics Research | 1997 - 2004 | 5 | |
Aircraft Fleet Images | ||||
Fleet images | All Dryden aircraft fleet photos | 1950 - present | 50 | |
Fleet 1950s (Historical) | Dryden aircraft fleet photos | 1950 - 1959 | 12 | |
Fleet 1960s (Historical) | Dryden aircraft fleet photos | 1960 - 1969 | 14 | |
Fleet 1970s (Historical) | Dryden aircraft fleet photos | 1970 - 1979 | 1 | |
Fleet 1980s (Historical) | Dryden aircraft fleet photos | 1980 - 1989 | 4 | |
Fleet 1990s (Historical) | Dryden aircraft fleet photos | 1990 - 1999 | 15 | |
Fleet 2000s | Dryden aircraft fleet photos | 2000 - present | 6 | |
STS - Space Shuttle | ||||
ALT (Historical) | STS Approach and Landing Tests | late 1970s | 8 | |
Ferry Flights | STS - SCA Ferry Flights | 1981 - present | 14 | |
Shuttle Miscellaneous | Miscellaneous photos of Shuttle related activities | 2005 - 2012 | 13 | |
MDD | STS Mate-Demate Device | 1978 - present | 7 | |
Shuttle (Historical) | All Dryden landings | 1981-present | 227 | |
Dryden Center Research Facilities Images | ||||
Dryden Research Facilities | Dryden laboratories and buildings | 1946 - present | 31 | |
Facilities Support Center | Planning and construction | Feb. 2012 - present | 8 | |
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 (Historical) | Water Tunnel Flow Studies | 1985 | 3 | |
Other Dryden Images | ||||
Aerodynamic Truck (Historical) | Air Flow Research | 1975 - 1981 | 6 | |
Directors | Dryden Center Directors portraits | 1946 - present | 11 | |
Miscellaneous | Miscellaneous Dryden photos | N/A | 15 | |
People | Dryden people | 1946 - present | 80 | |
Pilots | Dryden Research Pilots and their aircraft | 1946 - present | 83 | |
Schlieren Photography (Historical) | Shock Wave Visualization Research | 1993 | 1 | |
Visitors | Guest speakers, visiting dignitaries, etc | 2002 - present | 66 |