GraphicsNASA accepted three specially built F-104s in late 1963 for use as pilot proficiency aircraft, low lift over drag trainers,...The primary objectives of the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's F-15B Advanced Controls Technology for Integrated Vehicles (ACTIVE) project were...NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, uses a modified F-15B aircraft as a test bed for a variety...The Advanced Fighter Technology Integration (AFTI) F-16 phase I tests began following its arrival at Dryden on July 15, 1982....NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center flew two prototype F-16XL aircraft in a variety of aeronautical research projects in the early...Two F-16XL aircraft were used by the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, in a NASA-wide program to improve laminar...Two F-16XL aircraft were used by the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, in a NASA-wide program to improve laminar...Three F/A-18 Hornet aircraft are flown at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards, California, for research support and pilot...Three F/A-18 Hornet aircraft are flown at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards, California, for research support and pilot...NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, used an F-18 Hornet fighter aircraft as its High Angle-of-Attack (Alpha) Research Vehicle...NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, used an F-18 Hornet fighter aircraft as its High Angle-of-Attack (Alpha) Research Vehicle...Dryden used an F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft as its Systems Research Aircraft (SRA). A primary objective was to identify and...Dryden used an F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft as its Systems Research Aircraft (SRA). A primary objective was to identify and...Dryden used an F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft as its Systems Research Aircraft (SRA). A primary objective was to identify and...NACA's A. Scott Crossfield first flew a series of aerodynamic parabolas to produce a short period of weightlessness, in a...NACA's A. Scott Crossfield first flew a series of aerodynamic parabolas to produce a short period of weightlessness, in a...In 1951 North American F-86A Sabre (48-291), performed flight investigations for maneuvering accelerations and buffeting characteristics at high altitude with/without...The F-86F performed both pitch-up research and duties as a chase aircraft for the D-558-2. Its stay at the HSFS...As early as 1950, the NACA High-Speed Flight Station (HSFS, now Armstrong Flight Research Center) at Edwards Air Force Base,...NACA High-Speed Flight Station, Edwards, California, flew this F-100 Super Sabre from 1954 to 1960 to investigate stability and control...The Convair F-102A was a delta-wing, single-engine, jet-powered, all-weather interceptor. A preproduction prototype called the YF-102 was built in 1951,...NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center flew Lockheed F-104 Starfighter aircraft in a wide variety of missions beginning in August 1956.NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center flew Lockheed F-104 Starfighter aircraft in a wide variety of missions beginning in August 1956.An extensively modified version of the F-102 Delta Dagger was developed during 1955 under the designation of F-102B but the...In 1967 the NASA Flight Research Center received the first of two F-111A aircraft (the number six prototype, Serial #63-9771)...Over a span of about 23 years from 1967 to about 1990, records indicate around six General Dynamic F-111 Aardvark...Over a span of about 23 years from 1967 to about 1990, records indicate around six General Dynamic F-111 Aardvark...The Douglas Aircraft Company built four F5D-1 Skylancers. They were built for the Navy as an all-weather fighter interceptor that...The Gulfstream G-II was modified several ways for its shuttle simulator role. Unlike the regular business jet with two sets...NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center operates a Gulfstream G-III aircraft, NASA tail number 804, as an aerodynamics research test bed.The Helios Prototype was a remotely piloted flying wing aircraft developed under NASA's Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST)...From mid-1979 to January 1983, two remotely piloted, experimental Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology (HiMAT) vehicles were used at the NASA...The HL-10 was one of five aircraft built in the Lifting Body Research Program. It was a NASA design and...The HL-10 was one of five aircraft built in the Lifting Body Research Program. It was a NASA design and...The HL-10 was one of five aircraft built in the Lifting Body Research Program. It was a NASA design and...NASA scientists have studied the lifting body concept – wingless aerospace vehicles that derive stability and lift from fuselage shape...NASA acquired a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) MQ-9 Predator B unmanned aircraft system (UAS) in November 2006 to...The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, besides being used extensively in its primary role as an inflight aircraft refueler, has assisted in...NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center operates two Beechcraft B200 Super King Air aircraft for flight research and mission support.NASA's Lear 24 was modified as an airborne test aircraft, but on June 7, 2001, it was involved in a...
