A group picture of Douglas Airplanes, taken for a photographic promotion in 1954. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441403/free-photo-image-nasa-plane-flight Free Image from public domain license
Early NACA research aircraft on the lakebed at the High Speed Research Station in 1955. Original from NASA. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441431/free-photo-image-high-speed-nasa-airplane Free Image from public domain license
D-558-2 Aircraft on lakebed. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441429/free-photo-image-space-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
D-558-2 Aircraft on lakebed. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441402/free-photo-image-space-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
NASA's Ikhana unmanned science demonstration aircraft over Southern California's high desert during the ferry flight to its… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440710/free-photo-image-army-unmanned-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
Three ER-2 Aircraft in formation over Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA on their final flight out of NASA Ames Research… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441389/free-photo-image-aircraft-nasa-carrier Free Image from public domain license
Wing chord extension on D-558-2. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441383/free-photo-image-plane-airplane-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
Long-time NASA Dryden research pilot and former astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton capped an almost 50-year flying career… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440747/free-photo-image-vehicle-fighter-jets-plane-nasa Free Image from public domain license
NACA X-Planes on South Base ramp. Northrop X-4, Bell X-1, Bell X-5, Douglas D-558-1, Douglas D-558-2. Back row Convair XF… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441492/free-photo-image-airplane-hangar-military-base-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
Eclipse project F-106 under tow on January 23, 1998. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441493/free-photo-image-space-under-sky-plane Free Image from public domain license
X-5 at the South Base of Edwards Air Force Base. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441395/free-photo-image-space-plane-nasa Free Image from public domain license
Lockheed ER-2 #809 cockpit. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441533/free-photo-image-nasa-army-aerospace Free Image from public domain license
Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility - aircraft fleet on ramp. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440694/free-photo-image-sofia-747-stratospheric-observatory-for-infrared-astronomy-aircraft-air-force Free Image from public domain license
Two NASA F/A-18 #845 flying over the horizon. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439899/free-photo-image-army-military-apollo Free Image from public domain license
Eclipse project QF-106 and C-141A takeoff on first tethered flight December 20, 1997. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441517/free-photo-image-eclipse-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
Boeing's X-48B in flight. 2006-10-24. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440730/free-photo-image-army-nasa-t-34 Free Image from public domain license
Collection of NASA's research aircraft on the ramp at the Dryden Flight Research Center: X-31, F-15 ACTIVE, SR-71, F-106, F… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441458/free-photo-image-plane-phantom-fighter Free Image from public domain license
When the HARV was at a high alpha, the aerodynamics of the nose caused a loss of directional stability due to nose strakes… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441449/free-photo-image-nose-aerodynamics-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
The single-seat F-16XL, NASA 849, joins up with an SR-71A, NASA 844, as crews set up for one of the flights in the recent… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440044/free-photo-image-ship-nasa-aerial Free Image from public domain license
The Aero Commander arrival to NASA Flight Research Center. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441659/free-photo-image-airplane-nasa-aero-commander Free Image from public domain license
NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory is shadowed by a NASA F/A-18 chase plane during a flyover of the Dryden Aircraft… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439898/free-photo-image-aircraft-air-plant-force Free Image from public domain license
NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory is shadowed by a NASA F/A-18 chase plane during a flyover of the Dryden Aircraft… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439908/free-photo-image-air-force-plant-airborne-science-laboratory-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory banks low over Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force upon its return to NASA Dryden… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439904/free-photo-image-plane-air-force-plant-airborne-science-laboratory Free Image from public domain license
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's Lear 24, tail number 805, in flight. Original from NASA . Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441478/free-photo-image-aviation-air-force-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
Enterprise - Free Flight after Separation from 747, 26 September 1977. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441452/free-photo-image-space-shuttle-flight-aerodynamics Free Image from public domain license
North American Aviation A-5A Vigilante arrived from the Naval Air Test Center to the NASA Flight Research Center. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440070/free-photo-image-aviation-nasa-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
Lightning strikes in the distance as the Space Shuttle Discovery receives post-flight processing in the Mate-Demate Device.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440052/free-photo-image-lightning-space-center-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
A-5A Vigilante arrived from the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD, on December 19, 1962. Original from NASA.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441638/free-photo-image-air-force-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
Enterprise - Free Flight after Separation from 747. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441633/free-photo-image-nasa-aerial-view-afrc Free Image from public domain license
Hypersonic Transport Model. High 3/4 top front view of model in Ames 40x80 foot wind tunnel. Bob Bishop in lower right.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441682/free-photo-image-airplane-nasa-aerodynamics Free Image from public domain license
Supersonic Transport Model mounted in the Ames 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel. SCAT-15F supersonic transport model, lower 3/4 front… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441674/free-photo-image-plane-tunnel-aerodynamics Free Image from public domain license
Winglet flight research carried out on a KC-135 during 1979 and 1980 by Dryden Flight Research Center. Original from NASA .… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441680/free-photo-image-army-air-force-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
One of NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's two Beechcraft King Air mission support aircraft shows off its lines over… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440754/free-photo-image-aviation-nasa-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
Ryan VZ-3 Vertiplane #92, 1958. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441455/free-photo-image-aeronautics-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
Fixed Wing Supersonic Transport in Ames 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel. 3/4 front view of Fixed Wing SST - Lockheed SST on Ground… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441617/free-photo-image-plane-photography-nasa Free Image from public domain license
SCAT-16; Variable Sweep Model in 40x80 Wind Tunnel at NASA Ames. 3/4 view of model in cruise configuration with 25 deg.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441673/free-photo-image-research-nasa-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
NASA's two modified F-15B research aircraft joined up for a fly-over of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards AFB… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439995/free-photo-image-jet-soldier-air-force Free Image from public domain license
F-8 DFBW in flight. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441396/free-photo-image-air-force-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
A NASA Dryden Flight Research Center F/A-18 852 aircraft performs a roll during June 2011 flight tests of a Mars landing… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441276/free-photo-image-air-force-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
The wingless, lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441663/free-photo-image-desert-international-space-station-shuttle Free Image from public domain license
ASA's Dryden Flight Research Center operates this Beechcraft B-200 King Air N7NA for both pilot proficiency and mission… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439966/free-photo-image-aircraft-carrier-army Free Image from public domain license
T-33A (55-4351/NASA 815) arrived at NASA FRC January 9, 1963 departed September 10th,1973 to Redding, California. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441628/free-photo-image-war-plane-black-and-white Free Image from public domain license
A NASA Dryden Flight Research Center F/A-18 852 aircraft performs a roll during June 2011 flight tests of a Mars landing… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441325/free-photo-image-army-jet-air-force Free Image from public domain license
Testing Tilt Wing Propeller Model in Ames 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel, Oct 1st,1959. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441426/free-photo-image-wind-tunnel-aeronautics-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
All three NASA F-104N's fly in formation, October 24, 1963. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441623/free-photo-image-airplane-nasa-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
NASA's Ikhana unmanned science demonstration aircraft in flight during the ferry flight to its new home at the Dryden Flight… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440770/free-photo-image-army-unmanned-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
NASA's Ikhana unmanned science demonstration aircraft over the U.S. Borax mine, Boron, California. Original from NASA .… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440768/free-photo-image-military-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
ER-2 tail number 709, was one of two Airborne Science ER-2s used as science platforms by Dryden. Original from NASA.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441494/free-photo-image-army-air-force-airborne-science Free Image from public domain license
X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft on the ramp at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440058/free-photo-image-military-engineering-laboratory-afrl Free Image from public domain license
B-57B in flight. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441394/free-photo-image-black-and-white-mars-nasa Free Image from public domain license
YO-3A (NASA-718) & MD-900 Air to air over Modesto/Crows Landing. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441445/free-photo-image-helicopter-army-nasa Free Image from public domain license
EC66-01426 F-104N #812 Take off 9/1/66. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441640/free-photo-image-airplane-space-numbers Free Image from public domain license
C-141 (NASA-714) Kuipter Airborne Observatory in flight, telescope hatch open. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441409/free-photo-image-airplane-nasa-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
ER-2C tail number 809, was one of two Airborne Science ER-2Cs used as science platforms by Dryden. The aircraft were… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441491/free-photo-image-space-airborne-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
SR-71 with the Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment on the rear fuselage as seen from above. Original from NASA . Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441510/free-photo-image-jet-aerospike-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
A NASA SR-71 refuels with an Edwards Air Force Base KC-135 during the first flight of the NASA/Rocketdyne/ Lockheed Martin… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441482/free-photo-image-nasa-aerospike-air-force Free Image from public domain license
A NASA SR-71 successfully completed its first flight 31 October 1997 as part of the NASA/Rocketdyne/Lockheed Martin Linear… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441495/free-photo-image-nasa-aerospike-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
A NASA SR-71 made its successful first flight Oct. 31 as part of the NASA/Rocketdyne/Lockheed Martin Linear Aerospike SR-71… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441507/free-photo-image-nasa-military-aerospike Free Image from public domain license
F-104A 818 flown by Einar Enevoldson and F-104A 820 flown by Gary Krier in formation over the Mojave Desert. Original from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441450/free-photo-image-desert-plane-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
This photo shows the cockpit of A Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) sitting on the Shuttle Landing Facility runway at NASA's… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440994/free-photo-image-cockpit-control-panel-nasa Free Image from public domain license
The X-36 technology demonstrator shows off its distinctive shape as the remotely piloted aircraft flies a research mission… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441504/free-photo-image-aviation-remotely-piloted-aircraft-afrl Free Image from public domain license
General Electric Fan-In-Fuselage Model in the 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel at NASA Ames, May 14th,1961. Original from NASA.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441624/free-photo-image-aeronautics-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
Test pilot in cockpit at Langley Research Center(LaRC) in Hampton, Virginia, United States. Original from NASA. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441603/free-photo-image-nasa-pilot-aeronautical-research Free Image from public domain license
ER-2 tail number 709, was one of two Airborne Science ER-2s used as science platforms by Dryden. Original from NASA.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441477/free-photo-image-army-air-force-airborne-science Free Image from public domain license
Wide shot of 40x 80 wind tunnel settling chamber with Lockheed XFV-1 model. Project engineer Mark Kelly (not shown). Remote… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441392/free-photo-image-engineers-electrical-project-people-aeronautics Free Image from public domain license
The Virgin Atlantic Airways GlobalFlyer aircraft sails across the sky near NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440839/free-photo-image-virgin-airplane-nasa-record Free Image from public domain license
The M2-F3 Lifting Body is seen here on the lakebed next to the NASA Flight Research Center Edwards, California. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440072/free-photo-image-black-and-white-soldier-air-force Free Image from public domain license
The NASA SR-71A successfully completed its first cold flow flight as part of the NASA/Rocketdyne/Lockheed Martin Linear… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441496/free-photo-image-army-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
Avrocar test in Ames 40x80 foot wind tunnel. Apr 3th,1961. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439982/free-photo-image-nasa-aeronautics-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
Supersonic Transport Configuration in Large scale (40x80 foot) Wind Tunnel Investigation at Ames Research Center. 3/4 front… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441619/free-photo-image-nasa-aerodynamics-aeronautics Free Image from public domain license
WB-57F aircraft in the air and on the ground at Ellington Field. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441596/free-photo-image-plane-landing-sky Free Image from public domain license
Four Engine USB Model in the 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel. Large-Scale Upper-Surface Blowing Model using JT15D Engines. Test #441… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441384/free-photo-image-army-military-transport Free Image from public domain license
Space Shuttle Discovery encased in the Mate-Demate Device at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440028/free-photo-image-nasa-dawn-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
Dryden B-52 Launch Aircraft on Edwards AFB Runway. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441456/free-photo-image-air-force-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
North American F-100 C airplane used in sonic boom investigation at Wallops. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440575/free-photo-image-runway-airport-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
F-15A #281 In Flight. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441679/free-photo-image-space-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441393/free-photo-image-civil-war-black-and-white-air-force Free Image from public domain license
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's two T-38A Talon mission support aircraft flew together for the first time on Sept 26th… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440725/free-photo-image-fighter-jets-air-force-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
An ER-2 high-altitude Earth science aircraft banks away during a flight over the southern Sierra Nevada. Original from NASA… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440711/free-photo-image-nasa-military-satellite-snowy Free Image from public domain license
View of USS AKRON, Ruth Soule' Johnson (Mrs. Vicotor A Hermann) in lower center (from private collection gifted to NASA… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441413/free-photo-image-airship-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
T-33A (55-4351/NASA 815) aircraft at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) on Aug 12th,1965. Original from NASA.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441654/free-photo-image-star-wars-air-force-plane Free Image from public domain license
Surplus Phoenix missiles mounted on the centerline pylon of NASA's F-15B research aircraft. Original from NASA. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440022/free-photo-image-weapon-missiles-navy Free Image from public domain license
Low Speed investigation of a supersonic transport model in the 40x80 Wind Tunnel at NASA Ames. Mar 1st, 1961. Original from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441560/free-photo-image-investigation-nasa-people-tunnel Free Image from public domain license
This look-down view of the X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft on the ramp at NASA’s Dryden Flight… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441453/free-photo-image-military-airplane-airlines-afrl Free Image from public domain license
DC-9 V/STOL Transport Model in the 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel, Apr 28th, 1971. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441382/free-photo-image-yellow-aeronautics-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
NACA photographer Northrop P-61A Black Widow towing P-51B to release altitude of 28,000 ft over Muroc Dry Lake, California… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441443/free-photo-image-black-and-white-military-nasa Free Image from public domain license
Aircraft in the Flight Research Building at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory: A Consolidated B–24D Liberator… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441462/free-photo-image-world-war-plane-nasa Free Image from public domain license
Head-on view of NASA's SR-71B on the ramp at the Air Force's Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. July 24th, 1991. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440020/free-photo-image-sr-71-ship-plane Free Image from public domain license
T-33 351 Cockpit control panel, Feb. 13, 1964. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441632/free-photo-image-army-aeronautics-aerospace Free Image from public domain license
NASA’s Global Hawk, a remote-controlled airplane, flying above the vicinity of NASA’s Dryden Research Center in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440260/free-photo-image-climate-control-army-aerial-view Free Image from public domain license
A NASA Dryden Flight Research Center F/A-18 852 aircraft performs a roll during June 2011 flight tests of a Mars landing… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440505/free-photo-image-air-force-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
The Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., is now home to two large science aircraft, NASA's SOFIA… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440766/free-photo-image-hangar-airplane-palmdale Free Image from public domain license
The cavernous expanse of the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., now houses NASA's DC-8 science… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440772/free-photo-image-aircraft-airplane-carrier Free Image from public domain license
F-16XL #1 during its functional flight check of the Digital Flight Control System (DFCS) on December 16, 1997. Original from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441489/free-photo-image-aircraft-carrier-airplane Free Image from public domain license
The F-16XL #1 (NASA 849) takes off for the first flight of the Digital Flight Control System (DFCS) on December 16, 1997.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441512/free-photo-image-plane-taking-off-air-force-safety-review-board Free Image from public domain license
Kaman K-16 in 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel at Ames Research Center, Sept 19th,1962. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441621/free-photo-image-wind-tunnel-experimental-aeronautics Free Image from public domain license
Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak in flight. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441669/free-photo-image-jet-military-afrc Free Image from public domain license