Grumman F9F-6 (Bu. No. 128138) Cougar airplane. EVALUATION OF CARRIER...
Grumman F9F-6 (Bu. No. 128138) Cougar airplane. EVALUATION OF CARRIER APPROACH TECHNIQUES Boundary Layer Control, STOL, and V/STOL Note: Used in publication in Flight Research at Ames; 57 Years of Developm... More
Hart ROTORCRAFT AND POWERED LIFT BRANCH PERSONNEL (CODE AFR) N-211 WIT...
Hart ROTORCRAFT AND POWERED LIFT BRANCH PERSONNEL (CODE AFR) N-211 WITH HARRIER. VSRA RESEARCH TEAM - Front row, L-R: Dave Walton, Seth Kurasaki, Bill Laurie, Jim Ahlman, Nels Watz, Del mWatson, Terry Stoeffl... More
Ames Aeronautical Research Laboratory aerial shows original flight res...
Ames Aeronautical Research Laboratory aerial shows original flight research hangar in foreground, the two 7x10ft w.t. the 16ft w.t. and Admin buildings NOTE: printed in NASA Ames Publications: Adventures in... More
YF-93A (AF48-318 NACA-151) Flight evaluation and comparison of a NACA ...
YF-93A (AF48-318 NACA-151) Flight evaluation and comparison of a NACA submerged inlet and a scoop inlet. The YF-93A's were the first aircraft to use flush NACA engine inlets. Note: Used in Flight Research a... More
NASA Armstrong Celebrates 70 Years of Flight Research
The X-1B reaction control system thrusters are tested in 1958 and later proven on the X-15 as a way to control a vehicle in the absence of dynamic pressure. Monroe Conner
NACA Photographer Thrust reverser on F-94C-1 (AF50-956 NACA 156) Starf...
NACA Photographer Thrust reverser on F-94C-1 (AF50-956 NACA 156) Starfire (l to R) Air Force Major E. Sommerich; Ames Engineer Seth Anderson, Lt. Col. Tavasti; and Ames Chief test pilot George Cooper discussin... More
BELL XV-3 (AF54-148) Convertiplane (experimental tilt rotor) IN FLIGHT...
BELL XV-3 (AF54-148) Convertiplane (experimental tilt rotor) IN FLIGHT Note: Used in publication in Flight Research at Ames; 57 Years of Development and Validation of Aeronautical Technology NASA SP-1998-3300 fig. 121
Republic F-84F on the Ramp at Moffett Field
(September 16, 1954) The Republic F84F Thunderjet fighter-bomber used by the United States Air Force was one of several high speed aircraft involved in flight research at the NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory (... More
Lockheed JF-104A (AF56-745A Tail No. 60745) Starfighter airplane pilot...
Lockheed JF-104A (AF56-745A Tail No. 60745) Starfighter airplane piloted by Fred Drinkwater conducted flight testing that demonstrated steep approaches that were ultimately used by the space shuttle. Steep de... More
FLIGHT RESEARCH BRANCH PERSONNEL-1959. FRONT ROW: George Rathert, Stu...
FLIGHT RESEARCH BRANCH PERSONNEL-1959. FRONT ROW: George Rathert, Stu Brown, Norm McFadden, Howard Turner, Gus Brunner, Venia McCloud, Violet Shaw, Kay Rizzi, Yvonne Settle, Genevieve Ziegler, Anita Palmer, Gr... More
Lockheed NC-130B (AF58-712) Aircraft. A Study of STOL Operational Tec...
Lockheed NC-130B (AF58-712) Aircraft. A Study of STOL Operational Techniques; landing approach. Nose-low pitch attitude of the aircraft was required in wave-off (or go-around) at 85 knots with flaps 70 degrees... More
UH-IH (USA 69-15231 NASA-733) V/STOLAND helicopter parked in front of...
UH-IH (USA 69-15231 NASA-733) V/STOLAND helicopter parked in front of the NASA Hangar. Note: Used in publication in Flight Research at Ames; 57 Years of Development and Validation of Aeronautical Technology ... More
Aircraft in the Flight Research Building at the Aircraft Engine Resear...
A Consolidated B–24D Liberator (left), Boeing B–29 Superfortress (background), and Lockheed RA–29 Hudson (foreground) parked inside the Flight Research Building at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautic... More
Northrop P-61A-5 Black Widow (AAF42-5572) Note: Used in publication ...
Northrop P-61A-5 Black Widow (AAF42-5572) Note: Used in publication in Flight Research at Ames; 57 Years of Development and Validation of Aeronautical Technology NASA SP-1998-3300 fig 44
D-558-2 in flight with F-86 chase
Description (1950) This 1950s photograph shows the Douglas D-558-2 and the North American F-86 Sabre chase aircraft in-flight. Both aircraft display early examples of sweptwing airfoils. The Douglas D-558-2 "Sk... More
NACA Photographer North American F-100A (NACA-200) Super Sabre Airplan...
NACA Photographer North American F-100A (NACA-200) Super Sabre Airplane take-off. The blowing-tupe boundary-layer control on the leading- and trailing-edge provided large reductions in takeoff and landing appro... More
XV-15 Tilt Rotor (NASA-703) in flight at Ames Research Center Note: U...
XV-15 Tilt Rotor (NASA-703) in flight at Ames Research Center Note: Used in publication in Flight Research at Ames; 57 Years of Development and Validation of Aeronautical Technology NASA SP-1998-3300 fig 122
McDonnell Douglas YAV-8B (Bu. No. 158394 NASA 704 VSRA) Harrier V/STOL...
McDonnell Douglas YAV-8B (Bu. No. 158394 NASA 704 VSRA) Harrier V/STOL Systems Research Aircraft hover Note: Used in publication in Flight Research at Ames; 57 Years of Development and Validation of Aeronaut... More
Flight Research Building at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory
The Flight Research Building at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory is a 272- by 150-foot hangar with an internal height up to 90 feet. The hangar’s massiv... More
Walter C. Williams NASA history collection
Description: (August 21, 1954) Walter C. Williams was Chief of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's flight research organization on Edwards Air... More
ARC-1961-A-28066-1. NASA public domain image colelction.
VZ-3RY (AF 56-6941, NASA 235, NASA 705) Vertiplane - Level flight 25 knots, flaps deflection 60 degrees. Flight investigation o f the flying qualities of a deflected slipstream VTOL aircraft. Note: Used in p... More
6 degree V/STOL Control Systems Research All Axes, Simulator (simulato...
6 degree V/STOL Control Systems Research All Axes, Simulator (simulator pilot: Richard K Greif) at the Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA Note: Used in publication in Flight Research at Ames; 57 Years o... More
ARC-1969-A76-1031-12. NASA public domain image colelction.
NASA SUPPORT GROUP (QSRA PROJECT TEAM). L-R: John Cochrane, Robert Price, Howard Tuner, Mike Shovlin, Dennis Riddle, Al Boissevain, Dennis Brown, Patty Beck, John Weyers, Bob McCracken, Peter Patterakis, Jack... More
ARC-1945-A-7121, NASA history collection
North American P-51B 'Mustang' fighter in flight over bay area. The P-51 with its new laminar-flow wing sections developed by NACA was the first airplane selected for testing of airplane drag in flight and wind... More
F-86E (AF 50-580). Gunsight Tracking and Guidance and Control Display...
F-86E (AF 50-580). Gunsight Tracking and Guidance and Control Displays. Note: Used in publication in Flight Research at Ames; 57 Years of Development and Validation of Aeronautical Technology NASA SP-1998-... More
X-3 on Lakebed NASA history collection
Description (1956) In this NACA High-Speed Flight Station photograph, the X-3 Stiletto is seen on the lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base. The X-3 Stiletto was a single-place jet aircraft with a slender fuselage ... More
MANNED SPACECRAFT SIMULATION BRANCH PERSONNEL - Top row, L-R: Henry...
MANNED SPACECRAFT SIMULATION BRANCH PERSONNEL - Top row, L-R: Henry C. Lessing, Dallas G. Denery, Richard Acken, Robert E. Coate. Secon row, L-R: Frederick W. Boltz, Kenneth C. White, Gordon H. Hardy, Dona... More
Lockheed YO-3A (USA 69-18010 NASA 718) A/C & BELL COBRA HELICOPTER FLI...
Lockheed YO-3A (USA 69-18010 NASA 718) A/C & BELL COBRA HELICOPTER FLIGHT & GROUND TESTS AT EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE. Rotorcraft Research. NASA SP-1998-3300 Flight Research at Ames: 57 Years of Development and... More
QSRA (NASA 715) 400TH FLIGHT PARTICIPANTS. L-R: front row: Jim Ahlman,...
QSRA (NASA 715) 400TH FLIGHT PARTICIPANTS. L-R: front row: Jim Ahlman, Bob Innis, Del Watson, Jim Lesko, Lee Mountz, Mike Herschel, Tom Kaisersatt, Jack Stephenson, Back row: Dennis Riddle, Neis Watz, Jack Fran... More
NACA photographer Northrop P-61A Black Widow towing P-51B to release a...
NACA photographer Northrop P-61A Black Widow towing P-51B to release altitude of 28,000 ft over Muroc Dry Lake, California for in flight validating of wind tunnel measurements of drag. After the pilot released ... More
First NACA test pilot: Howard Clifton Lilly
Description: (1949) In August 1947, Howard Clifton Lilly became the first permanently assigned NACA engineering test pilot at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics' Muroc Flight Test Unit at what late... More
Douglas F4D-1 (Bu. No. 134759) Skyray Plan view of airplane with Ames...
Douglas F4D-1 (Bu. No. 134759) Skyray Plan view of airplane with Ames Pilot Don R. Heinle, Engineer L. Stewart Rolls and Crew Chief Walter Liewar. Note: Used in Flight Research at Ames; 57 Years of Developme... More
NASA Aircraft in the Hangar at Lewis Research Center
Several aircraft parked inside the Flight Research Building, or hangar, at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. A Convair F-106B Delta Dart is in th... More
Dryden Flight Research Center Dedication
Description: On March 26, 1976, the NASA Flight Research Center opened its doors to hundreds of guests for the dedication of the center in honor of Hugh Latimer Dryden. The dedication was very much a local even... More
Cessna 402B (NASA-719) on the Ramp. An integrated digital flight mana...
Cessna 402B (NASA-719) on the Ramp. An integrated digital flight management, guidance and navigation system was developed by an industry team from Honeywell and King Radio under the direction of George Callas ... More
Investigation of Flying Qualities on the Lockheed P-80A airplane plan ...
Investigation of Flying Qualities on the Lockheed P-80A airplane plan view Note: Used in publication in Flight Research at Ames; 57 Years of Development and Validation of Aeronautical Technology
ARC-1969-A-16591 NASA history collection
Flight evaluation and comparison of a NACA submerged inlet and a scoop inlet on the North American YF-93A (AF48-317 NACA-139). The YF-93A's were the first aircraft to use flush NACA engine inlets. aircraft to... More
NACA Photographer (DFRC) ERF-61C-1-NO (AAF43-8330 NACA 330, NACA 111) ...
NACA Photographer (DFRC) ERF-61C-1-NO (AAF43-8330 NACA 330, NACA 111) mother ship for RECOVERABLE-BODY TECHNIQUE. Transonic Model Testing. Fig. 13 NASA SP-1998-3300 Flight Research at Ames: 57 Years of Devel... More
X-3 Being Towed to Lakebed on Ramp
Description (1956) In this NACA High-Speed Flight Station photograph, the X-3 Stiletto is seen being towed behind the NACA hangar (located on Edwards Air Force base) towards the lakebed. The X-3 Stiletto was a ... More
CV-990 (NASA-712) Galileo II aircraft in flight over the San Francisco...
CV-990 (NASA-712) Galileo II aircraft in flight over the San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. A digital navigation, guidance and autopilot system tested on Galileo 1 and Galileo II in 1975 looked at the feasibil... More
Sikorsky UH-60 (USA 82-23748 NASA-748) Airloads research aircraft - Bl...
Sikorsky UH-60 (USA 82-23748 NASA-748) Airloads research aircraft - Blackhawk helicopter with MUX-Bucket in flight over Livermore, CA. Note: Used in publication in Flight Research at Ames; 57 Years of Develop... More
A new three-place North American O-47A observation airplane with Army ...
A new three-place North American O-47A observation airplane with Army Air Corps marking was the first ircraft to arrive at Ames. The Circular antenna on top of the canopy is for direction finding. A close look... More
NACA Groundbreaking Ceremony NASA history collection
Description: The NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station, had initially been subordinate to the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory near Hampton, Virginia, but as the flight research in the Mojave Desert i... More
D-558-2 being mounted to P2B-1S launch aircraft
Description (1953) This 1953 NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station photograph shows the Douglas D-558-2 #2 Skyrocket (NACA 144), prior to flight, being towed under the P2B-1S (Navy designation for the Air For... More
NACA pilot A. Scott Crossfield next to the D-558-2 after first Mach 2 ...
Description: (November 20, 1953) NACA pilot A. Scott Crossfield next to the D-558-2 after first Mach 2 flight...Albert S. Scott; Crossfield joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA--the pred... More
D-558-2 being mounted to P2B-1S launch aircraft in hangar
Description (1954) This 1954 photograph shows a Douglas D-558-2 under the P2B-1S (Navy designation for a B-29) launch aircraft. The P2B-1S has been lifted on mechanical jacks in the hangar for a possible "fit c... More
Thrust Reverser NASA history collection
Description: (May 21, 1958) Ames Chief test pilot George Cooper discusses phases of flight evaluation tests. NACA personnel (l to R) Air Force Major E. Sommerich; Ames Engineer Seth Anderson, Lt. Col. Tavasti; ... More
Bell NAH-1G (USA 70-15979 NASA-736) FLITE Cobra helicopter hovering o...
Bell NAH-1G (USA 70-15979 NASA-736) FLITE Cobra helicopter hovering on Ames ramp is successor to the original FLITE Cobra. It has been used extensively in joint NASA/Army human factors research in the areas of... More
Walter C. Williams with Brigadier General Albert Boyd
Description: (1950) Walter C. Williams, (behind airplane model) Head of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics High-Speed Flight Research Station at Edwards Air Force Base in California is examining a ... More
NACA Aircraft in hangar 1953: L-R: Three D-558-2s, D-558-1, B-47, wing...
Description (1953) The aircraft in this 1953 photo of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) hangar at South Base of Edwards Air Force Base showed the wide range of research activities being und... More
F-100A Super Sabre Airplane. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.
Description: NACA Photographer North American F-100A (NACA-200) Super Sabre Airplane take-off. The blowing-tupe boundary-layer control on the leading- and trailing-edge provided large reductions in takeoff and ... More
R4D-6 (Bu. No. 99827 NACA 18, NASA 701). TAKE-OFF MONITOR TEST, EDWAR...
R4D-6 (Bu. No. 99827 NACA 18, NASA 701). TAKE-OFF MONITOR TEST, EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE. Gunsight Tracking and Guidance and Control Displays. Note: Used in publication in Flight Research at Ames; 57 Years o... More
Olczak Bell X-14 AIRCRAFT TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY. Research Team: Fron...
Olczak Bell X-14 AIRCRAFT TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY. Research Team: Front Row: Fred Drinkwater, Jim Meeks, Lonnie Phillips, Jim Kozalski, Vic Bravo. Second Row: Bill Carpenter, Sid Selan, Dick Gallant, Terry Stoe... More
Sikorsky Rotor Systems Research Aircraft ' RSRA' (72-001 NASA-740) com...
Sikorsky Rotor Systems Research Aircraft ' RSRA' (72-001 NASA-740) compound configuration in flight: NASA Ames Research Center, Hangar and 40x 80x120ft W.T. in the background. Note: Used in publication in Fli... More
Sikorsky RSRA - Rotor Systems Research Aircraft (72-002 NASA 741) in h...
Sikorsky RSRA - Rotor Systems Research Aircraft (72-002 NASA 741) in helicopter configuration flight. Note: Used in publication in Flight Research at Ames; 57 Years of Development and Validation of Aeronautic... More
Camera Installation on a Beach AT-11
Researchers at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory conducted an extensive investigation into the composition of clouds and their effect on aircraft icing. T... More
NACA Research Aircraft-Bell X-1A, D-558-1, XF-92A, X-5, D-558-2, X-4, ...
Description (1953) A 1953 photo of some of the research aircraft at the NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station (now known as the the Dryden Flight Research Center). The photo shows the X-3 (center) and, clockw... More
XB-70A #1 liftoff with TB-58A chase aircraft
Description: This photo shows XB-70A #1 taking off on a research flight, escorted by a TB-58 chase plane. The TB-58 (a prototype B-58 modified as a trainer) had a dash speed of Mach 2. This allowed it to stay c... More
United Airlines DC-8 (N8099U) Two Segment Evaluation. In-Flight Thru...
United Airlines DC-8 (N8099U) Two Segment Evaluation. In-Flight Thrust Reversing, Steep Approach Research. The thrust reversing concept was applied to the DC-8 Commercial transport to achieve the rapid desce... More
XV-15 PROJECT TEAM. AEROSPACE SYSTEM DIVISION (CODE F) & FLIGHT OPERA...
XV-15 PROJECT TEAM. AEROSPACE SYSTEM DIVISION (CODE F) & FLIGHT OPERATIONS & RESEARCH (CODE O) PERSONNEL Front row: Mike Bondi, Dan Dugan. Shorty Schroers, Wally Deckert, Marty Maisel, Violet Lamica, Robby Ro... More
Photograph of the Into the New Realm Exhibit
This is a photograph of Left Foyer Case Number Two of the Into the New Realm exhibit, titled Flight Research Under NACA. Historic Photograph File of National Archives Events and Personnel
X-3 Stiletto on Ramp - View from Side
Description (April 1, 1954) This NACA High-Speed Flight Station photograph shows a side-view of the X-3 Stiletto research aircraft on the ramp at Edwards Air Force Base in 1954. The X-3 Stiletto was a single-pl... More
NACA Aircraft on Lakebed-X-3, D-558-1, XF4D, D-558-2
Description (1954) A group picture of Douglas Airplanes, taken for a photographic promotion in 1954, at what is now known as the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The photo in... More
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
Crows Landing Naval Auxiliary Landing Field and flight research facili...
Crows Landing Naval Auxiliary Landing Field and flight research facility, Crows Landing, CA Note: Used in publication in Flight Research at Ames; 57 Years of Development and Validation of Aeronautical Techno... More
Boeing CH-47B (USA 66-19138 NASA-737) Chinook in-flight simulator with...
Boeing CH-47B (USA 66-19138 NASA-737) Chinook in-flight simulator with Moffet Field Navy Hangar and Ames VMS in background. Note: Used in publication in Flight Research at Ames; 57 Years of Development and Va... More
Vertol VZ-2 (Model 76). Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.
Full Description: Arriving at Langley from Edwards Air Force Base, Califorina in 1960, this Vertol VZ-2 (Model 76) underwent almost a year and a half of flight research before going back to the manufacturer for... More
NACA Aircraft in Hangar - Clockwise from front center: YF-84A, D-558-1...
Description (1953) In the center foreground of this 1953 hanger photo is the YF-84A (NACA 134/Air Force 45-59490) used for vortex generator research. It arrived on November 28, 1949, and departed on April 21, 1... More
D-558-2 being towed on lakebed. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.
Description (1949) In this 1949 photograph a D-558-2 is being towed across Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base. The aircraft is still equipped with a jet engine, used for ground takeoffs. On the tail o... More
Vertol VZ-2 (Model 76). NASA public domain image colelction.
Arriving at Langley from Edwards Air Force Base, Califorina in 1960, this Vertol VZ-2 (Model 76) underwent almost a year and a half of flight research before going back to the manufacturer for rework. The VZ-2 ... More