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X Series of U.S. Experimental AirplanesCreated by: PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search EngineDated: 2017
NASA Lifting Bodies on Lakebed, Armstrong flight research center
The X-planes are a series of experimental United States aircraft and rockets, used to test and evaluate new technologies and aerodynamic concepts. They have an X designator, which indicates the research mission within the US system of aircraft designations.
The first, the Bell X-1, became well known in 1947 after it became the first aircraft to break the sound barrier in level flight.
Most of the X-planes have been operated by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) or, later, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), often in conjunction with the United States Air Force.
The majority of X-plane testing has occurred at Edwards Air Force Base. Some of the X-planes have been well publicized, while others have been developed in secrecy. Most X-planes are not expected to go into full-scale production.
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XB-35 Underneath 2 - A black and white photo of a fighter jet

XB-35 Underneath 2 - A black and white photo of a fighter jet

NARA B26002..23 July 46..3`630AC Public domain photograph related to airlines, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Standing left to right alongside of Bell XS-1 are: Captain Charles E. Yeager, Major Gus Lundquist and Captain James Fitzgerald

Standing left to right alongside of Bell XS-1 are: Captain Charles E. ...

Photograph shows "Chuck" Yeager, Gus Lundquist, and Jim Fitzgerald wearing a flight suit, standing next to the Bell XS-1 rocket research airplane "Glamorous Glennis." A.C. 34514. Credit: U.S. Air Force photo.,... More

XB-43 Cutaway - A drawing of a jet engine and its components

XB-43 Cutaway - A drawing of a jet engine and its components

aahs_p005690.1 Jul 47 Public domain photograph of propeller aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

X-1-2 on Ramp with Boeing B-29. NASA public domain image colelction.

X-1-2 on Ramp with Boeing B-29. NASA public domain image colelction.

(1949) The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 sitting on the ramp at NACA High- Speed Flight Research Station with the Boeing B-29 launch ship behind. The B-29 was fondly referred to as "Fertile Myrtle." The paint... More

XB-46 San Diego - A black and white photo of a plane on a runway

XB-46 San Diego - A black and white photo of a plane on a runway

NARA B26268..San Diego Public domain photograph of jet aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

aahs_p002034 - A black and white photo of a plane on a runway

aahs_p002034 - A black and white photo of a plane on a runway

Bell XFM-1 Left rear Quarter, showing 3 bladed Pusher Props

XB-51 Landing 3, US Air Force Photo

XB-51 Landing 3, US Air Force Photo

NARA B26539..9 Mar 50 Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Double Trouble - North American f 82 twin Mustang

Double Trouble - North American f 82 twin Mustang

Description (May 5, 1951) North American XP-82 (XF-82) Twin Mustang: In the early 1950s, the NACA used this XP-82 Twin Mustang for its drop-body tests. A test body is shown in the rack underneath the Twin Musta... More

NACA Research Aircraft-Bell X-1A, D-558-1, XF-92A, X-5, D-558-2, X-4, and X-3

NACA Research Aircraft-Bell X-1A, D-558-1, XF-92A, X-5, D-558-2, X-4, ...

(August 4, 1953) A 1953 photo of some of the research aircraft at the NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station, later renamed the Dryden Flight Research Center, and now the Armstrong Flight Research Center. The ... More

XB-35 Ground Muroc 1 - A black and white photo of a plane on a runway

XB-35 Ground Muroc 1 - A black and white photo of a plane on a runway

NARA B25999..4 Dec 59..163078AC Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

B-70 Artist Concept 1 - A painting of two fighter jets flying in the sky

B-70 Artist Concept 1 - A painting of two fighter jets flying in the s...

NARA RG 342-B Records of USAF.. Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

B-70 Precrash Formation

B-70 Precrash Formation

NARA RG 342-B Records of USAF..KKE73122 Public domain photograph of jet aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

B-70 6th Flight, US Air Force Photo

B-70 6th Flight, US Air Force Photo

NARA RG342-B..25 Feb 65, Edwards Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

X-15 pilots clown around. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.

X-15 pilots clown around. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.

Photo Description: (1966) The X-15 pilots clown around in front of the #2 aircraft. From left to right: USAF Capt. Joseph Engle, USAF Maj. Robert Rushworth, NASA test pilot John "Jack" McKay, USAF Maj. William ... More

Bell XV-3 Convertiplane in Ames Reseach Center 40x80ft subsonic wind tunnel; Rotor dynamic stability tests ARC-1966-A-37006-5

Bell XV-3 Convertiplane in Ames Reseach Center 40x80ft subsonic wind t...

Bell XV-3 Convertiplane in Ames Reseach Center 40x80ft subsonic wind tunnel; Rotor dynamic stability tests

ARC-1967-AC-38761 - NASA Ames Research Center

ARC-1967-AC-38761 - NASA Ames Research Center

X-14 NASA 704 Full Scale Airplane tests in 40x80ft. Subsonic Wind Tunnel (NORMAL MOUNTING) with Sy Sewell, NASA (left) and Ed Varette, Army (right)

Ryan XV-5B V/STOL aircraft ARC-1968-AC-41223-58

Ryan XV-5B V/STOL aircraft ARC-1968-AC-41223-58

Ryan XV-5B V/STOL aircraft Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bell XV-15 Tilt Rotor Army Configurations;  Rescue ARC-1966-AC83-0652-3

Bell XV-15 Tilt Rotor Army Configurations; Rescue ARC-1966-AC83-0652-...

Bell XV-15 Tilt Rotor Army Configurations; Rescue Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Artists' renderings of Bell XV-15 Army Configurations: Combat, Rescue and JVX ARC-1966-AC83-0652-4

Artists' renderings of Bell XV-15 Army Configurations: Combat, Rescue ...

Artists' renderings of Bell XV-15 Army Configurations: Combat, Rescue and JVX

XV-15 Tilt Rotor (NASA-703) in conversion flight at Ames Research Center ARC-1985-AC85-0186-16

XV-15 Tilt Rotor (NASA-703) in conversion flight at Ames Research Cent...

XV-15 Tilt Rotor (NASA-703) in conversion flight at Ames Research Center

XV-15 Tilt Rotor (NASA-703) in conversion flight at Ames Research Center ARC-1985-AC85-0186-19

XV-15 Tilt Rotor (NASA-703) in conversion flight at Ames Research Cent...

XV-15 Tilt Rotor (NASA-703) in conversion flight at Ames Research Center

XV-15 Tilt Rotor (NASA-703) in conversion flight at Ames Research Center ARC-1985-AC85-0186-20

XV-15 Tilt Rotor (NASA-703) in conversion flight at Ames Research Cent...

XV-15 Tilt Rotor (NASA-703) in conversion flight at Ames Research Center

CALF (Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter) / JAST (Joint Advanced Strike Technology) X-32 Test Program: Lockheed ASTOVL / CALF X-32, N-246 Test-930 . (12S Wingless, Highest position) ARC-1995-AC95-0154-115

CALF (Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter) / JAST (Joint Advanced St...

CALF (Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter) / JAST (Joint Advanced Strike Technology) X-32 Test Program: Lockheed ASTOVL / CALF X-32, N-246 Test-930 . (12S Wingless, Highest position)

CALF (Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter) / JAST (Joint Advanced Strike Technology) X-32 test-930 mounted at OARF ARC-1995-AC95-0154-122

CALF (Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter) / JAST (Joint Advanced St...

CALF (Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter) / JAST (Joint Advanced Strike Technology) X-32 test-930 mounted at OARF

Advanced Space Transportation Program (ASTP)

Advanced Space Transportation Program (ASTP)

The X-34 Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) concept is pictured here. NASA plarned to utilize the X-34 small reusable booster for research of Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) technologies that may be applicable to futu... More

Megan McCluer in cockpit of YO-3A (NASA 718) during IRAP (inflight rotorcraft acoustics program) tests with XV-15 (NASA 703) over Bell Helicopter Textron Co., ARC-1995-AC95-0438-3

Megan McCluer in cockpit of YO-3A (NASA 718) during IRAP (inflight rot...

Megan McCluer in cockpit of YO-3A (NASA 718) during IRAP (inflight rotorcraft acoustics program) tests with XV-15 (NASA 703) over Bell Helicopter Textron Co.,

Cold-Flow Propulsion Research Test

Cold-Flow Propulsion Research Test

An engineer at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Wind Tunnel Facility uses lasers to measure the velocity and gradient distortion across an eight inch curved pipe with joints and turning valves during a c... More

XV-15 (N703NA) Tiltrotor in hover flight landing on rooftop. Bell Photo number 042669 ARC-1997-AC97-0145-6

XV-15 (N703NA) Tiltrotor in hover flight landing on rooftop. Bell Phot...

XV-15 (N703NA) Tiltrotor in hover flight landing on rooftop. Bell Photo number 042669

XV-15 (N703NA) Tiltrotor in hover - conversion flight at Bell Helicopter Co. Bell Photo number 043443 ARC-1997-AC97-0145-5

XV-15 (N703NA) Tiltrotor in hover - conversion flight at Bell Helicopt...

XV-15 (N703NA) Tiltrotor in hover - conversion flight at Bell Helicopter Co. Bell Photo number 043443

Pathfinder. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

Pathfinder. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

This shot offers a bird's eye-view of a Fastrac II engine duration test at Marshall's Test Stand 116. The Fastrac II engine was designed as a part of the low cost X-34 Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV). The purpose... More

NASA Advanced Concept. NASA public domain image colelction.

NASA Advanced Concept. NASA public domain image colelction.

This photograph is an artist's cutaway view of the X-37 flight demonstrator showing its components. The X-37 experimental launch vehicle is roughly 27.5 feet (8.3 meters) long and 15 feet (4.5 meters) in wingsp... More

NASA Advanced Concept. NASA public domain image colelction.

NASA Advanced Concept. NASA public domain image colelction.

Pictured is an artist's concept of the experimental X-37 Reusable Launch Vehicle re-entering Earth‘s atmosphere. NASA and the Boeing Company entered a cooperative agreement to develop and fly a new experimental... More

B-52 Launch Aircraft in Flight EC01-0084-5

B-52 Launch Aircraft in Flight EC01-0084-5

B-52 Launch Aircraft in Flight Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thermal Evaluaion of X-37 Body Flap Sea test in Panel Test Facility PTF-115 with (l) Duoc Tran, Boeing Test engineer and (r) Vincent Meglio, NASA lead Engineering Technician / Operator ARC-2003-ACD03-0242-037

Thermal Evaluaion of X-37 Body Flap Sea test in Panel Test Facility PT...

Thermal Evaluaion of X-37 Body Flap Sea test in Panel Test Facility PTF-115 with (l) Duoc Tran, Boeing Test engineer and (r) Vincent Meglio, NASA lead Engineering Technician / Operator

Pathfinder. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

Pathfinder. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

The X-34 demonstrator is shown being taken out of its hanger and placed on the tarmac. The X-34 was classified as part of the Pathfinder class demonstrators which include small experimental vehicles or less exp... More

Pathfinder. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

Pathfinder. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

This artist's concept depicts the X-34 Demonstrator in flight. Part of the Pathfinder Program, the X-34 was a reusable technology testbed vehicle that was designed and built by the Marshall Space Flight Center ... More

A newly constructed pylon (green) for carrying aerospace vehicles aloft flies attached to the wing of NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's B-52H aircraft. EC04-0194-19

A newly constructed pylon (green) for carrying aerospace vehicles alof...

A newly constructed pylon (green) for carrying aerospace vehicles aloft flies attached to the wing of NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's B-52H aircraft.

Bell XFM-1 proposal model, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

Bell XFM-1 proposal model, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

PictionID:55690013 - Catalog:21_000031.tif - Title:Bell XFM-1 proposal model - Filename:21_000031.tif - ---Image from the Jay Miller Collection. Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanentl... More

Airacuda Bell XFM-1 with guns, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

Airacuda Bell XFM-1 with guns, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

PictionID:55690588 - Catalog:21_000064.tif - Title:Bell YFM-1A - Filename:21_000064.tif - ---Image from the Jay Miller Collection. Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with ... More

Army Air Forces Fair 018 XP-49 03055

Army Air Forces Fair 018 XP-49 03055

Charles Daniels Collection Photo .Charles Danield via Wright Patterson Air Force Base Museum...PUBLIC COMMONS.SOURCE INSTITUTION: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/libr... More

Lockheed XF-104 53-7787 [mfr AJ8122 via RJF]

Lockheed XF-104 53-7787 [mfr AJ8122 via RJF]

PictionID:43264494 - Title:Lockheed XF-104 53-7787 [mfr AJ8122 via RJF] - Catalog:17_000261 - Filename:17_000261.tif - ---------Image from the René Francillon Photo Archive. Having had his interest in aviation ... More

aahs_p002063 - A black and white photo of an old airplane

aahs_p002063 - A black and white photo of an old airplane

Bell XFM-1 After Accident Left Front View Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

aahs_p002062 - A black and white photo of an old airplane

aahs_p002062 - A black and white photo of an old airplane

Bell XFM-1 After Accident Close Up Cockpit left side Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

XB-42 Ship 2 Rear Quarter

XB-42 Ship 2 Rear Quarter

NARA RG-18-WP..31 May 45 Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

XB-43 Front In Flight - A black and white photo of a plane flying in the sky

XB-43 Front In Flight - A black and white photo of a plane flying in t...

aahs_p005691 Public domain photograph of jet aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

XB-35 Bombardier Mockup - A black and white photo of a machine room

XB-35 Bombardier Mockup - A black and white photo of a machine room

NARA B26005..22 Nov 46..Bombardier and copilot Mockup..32307AC Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

XB-42A Front Quarter - A black and white photo of a propeller plane

XB-42A Front Quarter - A black and white photo of a propeller plane

aahs_p013235 22 Jul 47 Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

XB-48 Taxi - An old photo of a plane on a runway

XB-48 Taxi - An old photo of a plane on a runway

NARA B26393..18 Jun 47 Public domain photograph of jet aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bell X-1 Research Model on Single Support Strut in 7 x 10 Foot Wind Tunnel

Bell X-1 Research Model on Single Support Strut in 7 x 10 Foot Wind Tu...

Modified Bell X-1 model pioneered variable-sweep studies in 1947. Photograph published in Sixty Years of Aeronautical Research 1917-1977 By David A. Anderton. A NASA publication, page 52.

Bell X-1 Research Model on Single Support Strut in 7 x 10 Foot Wind Tunnel

Bell X-1 Research Model on Single Support Strut in 7 x 10 Foot Wind Tu...

Modified Bell X-1 model pioneered variable-sweep studies in 1947. Photograph published in Sixty Years of Aeronautical Research 1917-1977 By David A. Anderton. A NASA publication, page 52.

XB-46 Front Quarter 1 - A black and white photo of a plane on a runway

XB-46 Front Quarter 1 - A black and white photo of a plane on a runway

NARA B26249..June 48 Public domain photograph of jet aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

XB-51 High Rear, US Air Force Photo

XB-51 High Rear, US Air Force Photo

NARA B26518..26 Sep 49 Public domain photograph of jet aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

XB-48 Lower In Flight - A black and white photo of a us air force plane

XB-48 Lower In Flight - A black and white photo of a us air force plan...

NARA B26398..25 Feb 49 Public domain photograph of jet aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

XB-51 Taxi, US Air Force Photo

XB-51 Taxi, US Air Force Photo

NARA B26520..29 Jun 50 Public domain photograph of jet aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

XB-35 Radio Eqpt Mockup

XB-35 Radio Eqpt Mockup

NARA B26004..22 Nov 46..32307AC Public domain photograph of a cabin interior, small room, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

XB-51 Landing 2, US Air Force Photo

XB-51 Landing 2, US Air Force Photo

NARA B26536..9 Mar 50 Public domain photograph of jet aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

XB-51 Take Off 3, US Air Force Photo

XB-51 Take Off 3, US Air Force Photo

NARA B26528..29 Jun 50 Public domain photograph of jet aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

XV-3 HOVERING ON RAMP.  Flight Test of Bell XV-3 Convertiplane.  Bell VTOL tilt-rotor aircraft hovering along side Hangar One at Moffett Field. The XV-3 design combined a helicopter rotor and a wing. A 450 horsepower Pratt & Whitney piston engine drove the two rotors. The XV-3, first flown in 1955 , was the first tilt-rotor to achieve 100% tilting of rotors. The vehicle was underpowered, however, and could not hover out of ground effect. Note the large ventral fin, which was added to imrpove directional stability in cruse (Oct 1962) ARC-1959-A-25685-14

XV-3 HOVERING ON RAMP. Flight Test of Bell XV-3 Convertiplane. Bell ...

XV-3 HOVERING ON RAMP. Flight Test of Bell XV-3 Convertiplane. Bell VTOL tilt-rotor aircraft hovering along side Hangar One at Moffett Field. The XV-3 design combined a helicopter rotor and a wing. A 450 hors... More

XB-70A landing with drag chutes deployed

XB-70A landing with drag chutes deployed

(1960's) This photo shows the XB-70A #1 rolling out after landing, employing drag chutes to slow down. In the photo, the outer wing panels are slightly raised. When the XB-70 was flying at high speed, the panel... More

XV-3 airplane helicopter hovering  VTOLin front of the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA hangar N-211 ARC-1961-A-27737

XV-3 airplane helicopter hovering VTOLin front of the NASA Ames Resea...

XV-3 airplane helicopter hovering VTOLin front of the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA hangar N-211

X-14A over ramp at Ames Research Center ARC-1962-A-29966

X-14A over ramp at Ames Research Center ARC-1962-A-29966

X-14A over ramp at Ames Research Center Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

X-20 Dyna Soar on 624-A Titan III Booster: Schlieren ARC-1963-AC-30351-4

X-20 Dyna Soar on 624-A Titan III Booster: Schlieren ARC-1963-AC-30351...

X-20 Dyna Soar on 624-A Titan III Booster: Schlieren

X-20 Dyna Soar on 624-A Titan III Booster: Schlieren ARC-1963-AC-30351-5

X-20 Dyna Soar on 624-A Titan III Booster: Schlieren ARC-1963-AC-30351...

X-20 Dyna Soar on 624-A Titan III Booster: Schlieren

XV-5A Lift-Fan VSTOL Airplane installed in Ames 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel.

XV-5A Lift-Fan VSTOL Airplane installed in Ames 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel...

3/4 front view Ryan XV-5A lift-fan VSTOL airplane. Pictured with Tom Wills. Don Richey

XV-3 in Ames Reseach Center 40x80ft wind tunnel; Rotor dynamic stability tests ARC-1966-A-37006-12

XV-3 in Ames Reseach Center 40x80ft wind tunnel; Rotor dynamic stabili...

XV-3 in Ames Reseach Center 40x80ft wind tunnel; Rotor dynamic stability tests

NASA Aircraft on ramp (Aerial view) Sides: (L) QSRA (R) C-8A AWJSRA - Back to Front: CV-990 (711) C-141 KAO, CV-990 (712) Galileo, T-38, YO-3A, Lear Jet, X-14, U-2, OH-6, CH-47, SH-3G, RSRA, AH-1G, XV-15, UH-1H ARC-1981-AC81-0122-2

NASA Aircraft on ramp (Aerial view) Sides: (L) QSRA (R) C-8A AWJSRA - ...

NASA Aircraft on ramp (Aerial view) Sides: (L) QSRA (R) C-8A AWJSRA - Back to Front: CV-990 (711) C-141 KAO, CV-990 (712) Galileo, T-38, YO-3A, Lear Jet, X-14, U-2, OH-6, CH-47, SH-3G, RSRA, AH-1G, XV-15, UH-1H

XV-15 (NASA-703) Evaluation Flight @ Ames ARC-1985-AC85-0186-23

XV-15 (NASA-703) Evaluation Flight @ Ames ARC-1985-AC85-0186-23

XV-15 (NASA-703) Evaluation Flight @ Ames Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

XV-15 Tilt Rotor (NASA-703) hovers at Ames Research Center ARC-1985-AC85-0186-37

XV-15 Tilt Rotor (NASA-703) hovers at Ames Research Center ARC-1985-AC...

XV-15 Tilt Rotor (NASA-703) hovers at Ames Research Center

XV-15 Tilt Rotor (NASA-703) hovers at Ames Research Center ARC-1985-AC85-0186-33

XV-15 Tilt Rotor (NASA-703) hovers at Ames Research Center ARC-1985-AC...

XV-15 Tilt Rotor (NASA-703) hovers at Ames Research Center

XV-15 Tilt Rotor (NASA-703) in conversion flight at Ames Research Center ARC-1985-AC85-0186-22

XV-15 Tilt Rotor (NASA-703) in conversion flight at Ames Research Cent...

XV-15 Tilt Rotor (NASA-703) in conversion flight at Ames Research Center

XV-15 (NASA-703) Evaluation Flight @ Ames; Above Title and Helicopter Mode ARC-1985-AC85-0186-30

XV-15 (NASA-703) Evaluation Flight @ Ames; Above Title and Helicopter ...

XV-15 (NASA-703) Evaluation Flight @ Ames; Above Title and Helicopter Mode

A right side view of the XV-15 experimental tilt rotor aircraft in flight

A right side view of the XV-15 experimental tilt rotor aircraft in fli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Bell XV-15 (NASA 703) and YO-3A (NASA 718) fly IRAP (inflight rotorcraft acoustics program) tests over Bell Helicopter Textron Co., Arlingtron, Texas ARC-1995-AC95-0438-15

Bell XV-15 (NASA 703) and YO-3A (NASA 718) fly IRAP (inflight rotorcra...

Bell XV-15 (NASA 703) and YO-3A (NASA 718) fly IRAP (inflight rotorcraft acoustics program) tests over Bell Helicopter Textron Co., Arlingtron, Texas

Advanced Space Transportation Program (ASTP)

Advanced Space Transportation Program (ASTP)

This is a photo of an X-34 40K Fastrac II duration test performed at the Marshall Space Flight Center test stand 116 (TS116) in June 1997. Engine ignition is started with Tea-Gas which makes the start burn gree... More

X-33 (Leeward) Aeroshell flight test instrumentation bond verification procedure (shop) ARC-1998-AC98-0186-2

X-33 (Leeward) Aeroshell flight test instrumentation bond verification...

X-33 (Leeward) Aeroshell flight test instrumentation bond verification procedure (shop)

X-33 (Leeward) Aeroshell flight test instrumentation bond verification procedure (shop) ARC-1998-AC98-0186-8

X-33 (Leeward) Aeroshell flight test instrumentation bond verification...

X-33 (Leeward) Aeroshell flight test instrumentation bond verification procedure (shop)

The modified X-34, known as A-1A, rests in the background of the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., while an integrated team of KSC, Dryden Flight Research Center and Orbital Sciences Corporation engineers and technicians bring the X-34 A-1A vehicle closer to test flight readiness. Since September, eight NASA engineering technicians from KSC's Engineering Prototype Lab have assisted in the complex process of converting the X-34 A-1 vehicle from captive carry status to unpowered flight status, the A-1A. The X-34 is 58.3 feet long, 27.7 feet wide from wing tip to wing tip, and 11.5 feet tall from the bottom of the fuselage to the top of the tail. The autonomously operated technology demonstrator will be air-launched from an L-1011 airplane and should be capable of flying eight times the speed of sound, reaching an altitude of 250,000 feet. The X-34 Project is managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala KSC-99pp1271

The modified X-34, known as A-1A, rests in the background of the Dryde...

The modified X-34, known as A-1A, rests in the background of the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., while an integrated team of KSC, Dryden Flight Research Center and Orbital Scien... More

X-38 Prototype Lands on Rogers Dry Lakebed

X-38 Prototype Lands on Rogers Dry Lakebed

(March 1, 2000) The X-38, a research vehicle built to help develop technology for an emergency Crew Return Vehicle from the International Space Station, is seen just before touchdown on a lakebed near the Dryde... More

Pathfinder. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

Pathfinder. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

Pictured is the X-34 Demonstrator parked on the runway. Part of the Pathfinder Program, the X-34 was a reusable technology testbed vehicle that was designed and built by the Marshall Space Flight Center to demo... More

Pathfinder. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

Pathfinder. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

This is an artist's concept of the X-34 reusable technology testbed demonstrator on-orbit. The X-34 was designed to demonstrate technologies that are essential to lowering the cost of access to space. Powered b... More

A group of fighter jets sitting on top of an airport tarmac. Nasa research aircraft fleet x-31 f-15.

A group of fighter jets sitting on top of an airport tarmac. Nasa rese...

A group of fighter jets and a small aircraft / The blackbird is a major air force aircraft - public domain aircraft photo.

Bell XFM-1 snow, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

Bell XFM-1 snow, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

PictionID:55690167 - Catalog:21_000038.tif - Title:Bell YFM-1 - Filename:21_000038.tif - ---Image from the Jay Miller Collection. Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with t... More

Bell XFM-1, Jay Miller Collection

Bell XFM-1, Jay Miller Collection

PictionID:55689804 - Catalog:21_000015.tif - Title:Bell XFM-1 36-351 - Filename:21_000015.tif - ---Image from the Jay Miller Collection. Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored... More

Building Bell XFM-1 - mockup, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

Building Bell XFM-1 - mockup, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

PictionID:55689985 - Catalog:21_000029.tif - Title:Bell XFM-1 mock up - Filename:21_000029.tif - ---Image from the Jay Miller Collection. Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently store... More

XB-32 model wing with 15% chord sealed gap aileron. Flaps extended to 40 degrees.  The first wind-tunnel report published by Ames Covered the XB-32 Test in the 7-by-10 No. ! and was authored by Roy P. Jackson and George L. Smith Jr. ARC-1969-AAL-1443

XB-32 model wing with 15% chord sealed gap aileron. Flaps extended to ...

XB-32 model wing with 15% chord sealed gap aileron. Flaps extended to 40 degrees. The first wind-tunnel report published by Ames Covered the XB-32 Test in the 7-by-10 No. ! and was authored by Roy P. Jackson a... More

XB-42 Rear - A black and white photo of an airplane on a runway

XB-42 Rear - A black and white photo of an airplane on a runway

aahs_p005702.24 Sep 45 Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

XB-46 Taxi San Diego - A black and white photo of a plane on a runway

XB-46 Taxi San Diego - A black and white photo of a plane on a runway

NARA B26266..1947..San Diego Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bell X-1 Research Model on Single Support Strut in 7 x 10 Foot Wind Tunnel

Bell X-1 Research Model on Single Support Strut in 7 x 10 Foot Wind Tu...

Modified Bell X-1 model pioneered variable-sweep studies in 1947. Photograph published in Sixty Years of Aeronautical Research 1917-1977 By David A. Anderton. A NASA publication, page 52.

Bell X-1 Research Model on Single Support Strut in 7 x 10 Foot Wind Tunnel

Bell X-1 Research Model on Single Support Strut in 7 x 10 Foot Wind Tu...

Modified Bell X-1 model pioneered variable-sweep studies in 1947. Photograph published in Sixty Years of Aeronautical Research 1917-1977 By David A. Anderton. A NASA publication, page 52.

XB-46 In Flight Side - An old photo of a plane flying in the sky

XB-46 In Flight Side - An old photo of a plane flying in the sky

NARA B26250.. Public domain photograph of jet aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

XB-51 Side 2, US Air Force Photo

XB-51 Side 2, US Air Force Photo

NARA B26515..9 Mar 50 Public domain photograph of jet aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

XB-51 Take Off 2, US Air Force Photo

XB-51 Take Off 2, US Air Force Photo

NARA B26526..25 Apr 50 Public domain photograph of jet aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NACA Aircraft on Ramp: X-Planes

NACA Aircraft on Ramp: X-Planes

Description (1952) NACA High Speed Flight Station aircraft at South Base. Clockwise from far left: D-558-II, XF-92A, X-5, X-1, X-4, and D-558-I...Image # E-842

Stan Butchart climbing into B-47. E54-1317

Stan Butchart climbing into B-47. E54-1317

Stan Butchart climbing into B-47. Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

X-1E On Rogers Dry Lake With Collapsed Nose Gear

X-1E On Rogers Dry Lake With Collapsed Nose Gear

(June 18, 1956) This photo was taken June 18, 1956 on Rogers Dry Lake bed after Flight 7 of the Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1E with NACA High-Speed Flight Station test pilot Joseph Joe Walker at the controls. T... More

HL-10 Lifting Body. NASA public domain image colelction.

HL-10 Lifting Body. NASA public domain image colelction.

(October 15, 1964) Full scale model of the HL-10 lifting body mounted in the 30 x 60 Full Scale Tunnel at Langley. ..Image # : L-1964-09692

Ling-Temco-Vought XC-142A. NASA public domain image colelction.

Ling-Temco-Vought XC-142A. NASA public domain image colelction.

Description: Ling-Temco-Vought XC-142A: A tilt-wing prototype used in vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) studies. After vertical takeoff with the wing pivoted upward, the wing pivoted horizontally and the craf... More

XV-3 in Ames Reseach Center 40x80ft wind tunnel with K. Edenborough and B. Ramsey, engineers Published in The History of the XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft (from Concept to Flight NASA SP-2000-4517) ARC-1966-A-37017

XV-3 in Ames Reseach Center 40x80ft wind tunnel with K. Edenborough an...

XV-3 in Ames Reseach Center 40x80ft wind tunnel with K. Edenborough and B. Ramsey, engineers Published in The History of the XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft (from Concept to Flight NASA SP-2000-4517)

ARC-1967-A-38763 - NASA Ames Research Center

ARC-1967-A-38763 - NASA Ames Research Center

X-14 NASA 704 Full Scale Airplane tests in 40x80ft. Wind Tunnel (NORMAL MOUNTING) jet inlets

Ryan XV-5B V/STOL aircraft with pilot ARC-1968-AC-41223-60

Ryan XV-5B V/STOL aircraft with pilot ARC-1968-AC-41223-60

Ryan XV-5B V/STOL aircraft with pilot Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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