This modified Lockheed JetStar business jet was flown by NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on a variety of significant aeronautical research projects from 1964 through 1989.
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This modified Lockheed JetStar business jet was flown by NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center on a variety of significant aeronautical research projects from 1964 through 1989. Among these were acoustic studies on advanced subscale propeller designs, laminar-flow control research, alternative landing approaches to reduce airport-area noise, and as a general-purpose airborne simulator capable of duplicating the flight characteristics of several advanced aircraft. The refurbished JetStar is on display at the Joe Davies Heritage Airpark adjacent to Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif.August 13, 2011
NASA Photo / Tony Landis