at Edwards, California. These images date from the 1940s to the present. No copyright protection is asserted for these photographs. See Using NASA Imagery and Linking to NASA Web Sites for more information. Multiple resolutions are available. All are 24-bit color JPEGs. The FAQ will answer some frequently asked questions.
Dryden Aircraft Slideshow feature the best photos of various aircraft. What's New lists photos recently added to the collection.
| Aircraft | Research Program | Flight Dates | #Images | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-5A Vigilante (Historical) |  | SST & Sonic Boom Research | 1963 | 1 |
| Active Aeroelastic Wing (AAW) (Historical) |  | Active Aeroelastic Wing Research | 2001 - present | 25 |
| AD-1 (Historical) |  | Oblique Wing Research | 1979 - 1982 | 7 |
| Aero-Commander (Historical) |  | Unswept Fuselage Study | 1968 | 2 |
| Aerospike Rocket Test |  | First know data from a solid fueled aerospike rocket in flight | Present | 3 |
| Altair |  | Remotely operated, uninhabited aircraft program | Present | 24 |
| Altus (Historical) |  | ERAST Program - High Altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | 1996 - 1997 | 10 |
| Apex (Historical) |  | ERAST Program - High Altitude Sailplane | 1995 - 1998 | 3 |
| APV-3 NUAVT (Historical) |  | Auto Piloted Vehicle (APV-3) Networked Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | 2005 | 3 |
| Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR) (Historical) |  | F/A-18 #845 Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR) project | 2002 - 2003 | 10 |
| Autonomous Airborne Refueling Demonstration (AARD) |  | F/A-18 #845 Autonomous Airborne Refueling | 2006 - present | 12 |
| Autonomous Formation Flight (AFF) (Historical) |  | Autonomous Formation Flight Control | 2000 - 2001 | 8 |
| Autonomous Soaring Project |  | Thermal Lift Tests to Extend UAV Flight Range and Endurance | 2005 | 3 |
| B-29 Superfortress (Historical) |  | Air Drop Mothership | 1940s - 1960s | 10 |
| B-47A Stratojet (Historical) |  | Landing Drag Chute Study and Dynamic Response Research | 1953 - 1957 | 7 |
| B-52 Stratofortress |  | Air Drop Mothership (Historical) | 1959 - 2004 | 44 |
 | F-111 Chute Drop Test (Historical) | 1989 | 2 | |
 | HiMAT Mothership (Historical) | 1979 - 1983 | 2 | |
 | Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (Historical) | 1970s - 1980s | 6 | |
 | STS Drag Chute Tests (Historical) | 1990 - 1991 | 5 | |
 | X-38 Mothership (Historical) | 1997 - 2000 | 11 | |
| B-57B Canberra (Historical) |  | Atmospheric Research | 1982 | 3 |
| Bell 47 (Historical) |  | Support and LLRV Chase/Training | early 1960s - 1985 | 3 |
| Boeing 720 (Historical) |  | CID - Controlled Impact Demonstration | 1984 | 7 |
| Boeing 727 (Historical) |  | Vortex study | 1974 | 1 |
| Boeing 747 (Historical) |  | Vortex study | 1974, 1979 | 4 |
| C-17 Globemaster III |  | Propulsion Health Management (PHM) | 2003 - present | 11 |
| C-140 Jetstar (Historical) |  | General purpose airborne simulator | 1963 - 1988 | 5 |
| C-141A (Historical) |  | Eclipse tow aircraft | 1997 | 1 |
| Centurion (Historical) |  | High Altitude Solar Powered Aircraft | 1997 | 30 |
| CV-990 (Historical) |  | LSRA - Landing Systems Research Aircraft | 1993 - 1996 | 17 |
| D-558-1 Skystreak (Historical) |  | Transonic Flight Research | 1947 - 1953 | 11 |
| D-558-2 Skyrocket (Historical) |  | Transonic and Supersonic Flight Research | 1949 - 1956 | 18 |
| Daedalus (Historical) |  | Human Powered Aircraft | 1987 - 1988 | 2 |
| DC-8 |  | Airborne Laboratory | 1997 - present | 129 |
| Demonstrator 2 (Historical) |  | ERAST Research | 1996 | 1 |
| E-2C Hawkeye |  | Loads Lab weight tests for planned modifications | 2005 | 3 |
| Eclipse (Historical) |  | Towed aircraft launch | 1997 | 16 |
| ER-2 |  | High altitude Research | 1997 - present | 34 |
| F-4A Phantom (Historical) |  | Navy fighter | 1965 | 1 |
| F-4C Phantom II (Historical) |  | Air flow tests | 1984 | 2 |
| F4D Skyray (Historical) |  | N/A | 1950s | 1 |
| F5D-1 Skylancer (Historical) |  | Develop Dyna-soar launch pad abort procedures | 1961 - 1970 | 6 |
| F-8A Crusader (Historical) |  | SCW - Supercritical Wing | 1971 - 1973 | 7 |
| F-8C Crusader (Historical) |  | DFBW - Digital Fly-By-Wire | 1972 - 1985 | 8 |
| F-14 Tomcat (Historical) |  | Variable Sweep Transition flight experiment | 1986 - 1987 | 8 |
| F-15 Eagle |  | F-15B SBRDC/ECANS | 2007 - present | 7 |
 | F-15B #837 Intelligent Flight Control System | 2002 - present | 9 | |
 | F-15B #836 Quiet Spike (Historical) | 2006 - present | 19 | |
 | F-15B #836 Research Testbed Aircraft | 1993 - present | 38 | |
 | F-15 #837 ACTIVE - Thrust Vectoring (Historical) | 1993 - 1998 | 27 | |
 | F-15A - Flight Research (Historical) | 1976 - 1981 | 12 | |
 | F-15A RPRV/SRV: Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle/Spin Research Vehicle (Historical) | 1975 - 1977 | 2 | |
 | Highly Integrated Digital Electronic Control (HIDEC) (Historical) | 1976 - 1993 | 7 | |
| F-16 AFTI (Historical) |  | AFTI - Advanced Fighter Technology Integration | 1983 | 11 |
| F-16XL (Historical) |  | Ship #1 (Historical) | 1991 - 1996 | 39 |
 | Ship #1 CAWAP - Cranked Aero Wing Aerodynamics Project (Historical) | 1994 - 1996 | 13 | |
 | Ship #2 - Supersonic Laminar Flow (Historical) | 1992 - 1996 | 30 | |
| F-18 Hornet | ||||
 | Airborne Astronomy | 1999 - present | 4 | |
 | Mission Support Aircraft | 1990 - present | 28 | |
 | SRA - Systems Research Aircraft | 1993 - 1998 | 22 | |
 | HARV - High Alpha Research Aircraft (Historical) | 1987 - 1997 | 33 | |
| F-86 Sabre (Historical) |  | Chase Aircraft | 1950s | 37 |
| F-100 Super Sabre (Historical) |  | Inertial Coupling (stability) | 1954 - 1956 | 9 |
| F-101 Voodoo (Historical) |  | Air Force fighter | 1956 | 1 |
| F-104 Starfighter (Historical) |  | Inertial coupling, reaction controls, noise research | 1956 - 1973 | 28 |
| F-105 Thunderchief (Historical) |  | Various flight research projects | 1959 - 1968 | 1 |
| F-106 Delta Dart (Historical) |  | Eclipse air tow | 1997 - 1998 | 11 |
| F-107A (Historical) |  | Evaluate sidestick flight control system | 1957 - 1959 | 3 |
| F-111 Aardvaark (Historical) |  | F-111A (Historical) | 1968 | 2 |
 | F-111 AFTI - Advanced Fighter Technology Integration (Historical) | 1974 - 1986 | 6 | |
 | F-111E IPCS - Integrated Propulsion Control System (Historical) | 1975 | 1 | |
 | F-111 TACT - Transonic Aircraft Technology (Historical) | 1972 - 1984 | 3 | |
| Firebee Drone (Historical) |  | DAST - Drone for Aeroelastic Structures Testing | 1977 - 1984 | 7 |
| Gossamer Albatross (Historical) |  | Human Powered Aircraft | 1980 | 5 |
| Global Hawk |  | Unmanned aircraft | 2007-present | 7 |
| Gulfstream III |  | General project support aircraft | 2002 - present | 5 |
| Guppy |  | Pilot study and system transport | 1962-present | 10 |
| HL-10 (Historical) |  | Lifting Body | 1966 - 1970 | 29 |
| Helios |  | Solar Powered Aircraft | 1999 - present | 36 |
| HiMAT (Historical) |  | RPV - Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology | 1979 - 1983 | 6 |
| Hyper III (Historical) |  | RPV - Lifting Body reentry configuration | 1969 | 4 |
| Ikhana |  | Long-endurance, high-altitude unmanned research aircraft | Present | 41 |
| Inflatable Wing (Historical) |  | Inflatable Wing Technology Demonstrator | 2001 | 9 |
| Iron Cross Attitude Simulator (Historical) |  | Reaction Flight Control Systems | 1956 | 3 |
| KC-135A Stratotanker (Historical) |  | Evaluate capabilities of jet aircraft in air traffic control system and Winglet Study | 1958 and 1979 | 5 |
| KingAir |  | Support aircraft | 1997 - present | 7 |
| L-1011 |  | Adaptive Performance Optimization | 1995 - present | 5 |
 | Wing Vortex Study (Historical) | 1977 | 1 | |
| Lear 24 (Historical) |  | Jet transport | 2001 | 1 |
| LLRV (Historical) |  | Lunar Landing Research Vehicle | 1964 - 1967 | 9 |
| LRV (Historical) |  | Low Reynolds Vehicle | 1981 - 1982 | 2 |
| M2-F1 (Historical) |  | Lifting Body | 1963 - 1964 | 22 |
| M2-F2 (Historical) |  | Lifting Body | 1966 - 1967 | 18 |
| M2-F3 (Historical) |  | Lifting Body | 1970 - 1972 | 10 |
| MD-11 (Historical) |  | Propulsion Controlled Aircraft | 1995 | 10 |
| Mini-Sniffer (Historical) |  | Air sample gathering | 1974 - 1977 | 4 |
| Morphing Airplane |  | Inflight Configuration Changes | present | 1 |
| Oblique Wing Research Aircraft (Historical) |  | Oblique Wing Research | 1976 | 2 |
| Orion Crew Module |  | Orion crew module | 2007 - present | 16 |
| OV-1C (Historical) |  | Stall speed warning system | 1983 | 2 |
| P-3D Orion (Historical) |  | Shuttle Tile Flight Tests Fixture | 1987 | 2 |
| P-38 Lightning (Historical) |  | World War II fighter | mid 1940s | 1 |
| P-51 Mustang (Historical) |  | Chase (X-1A), Pilot proficiency | 1950s, 2000 | 4 |
| PA-30 TwinComanche (Historical) |  | NASA 808 RPRV - Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle | 1979 - 1980 | 2 |
| Paresev (Historical) |  | Spacecraft landing control systems | 1962 - 1964 | 10 |
| Pathfinder (Historical) |  | Solar Powered Aircraft | 1994 - 1997 | 35 |
| Pathfinder-Plus |  | Solar Powered Aircraft | 1998 - present | 32 |
| Pegasus (Historical) |  | Air-launched space booster | 1989 - 1994 | 9 |
| Perseus (Historical) |  | Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology | 1993 - 1994, 1998 | 23 |
| Phoenix Missile |  | Hypersonic testbed | 2007 - present | 3 |
| PIK-20E (Historical) |  | Sailplane Research Aircraft - airflow over lifting surfaces | 1981 - 1991 | 2 |
| Power-Beaming |  | Continuous flight using beamed laser energy | 2002-present | 10 |
| Propulsion Controlled Aircraft (PCA) | | Propulsion Controlled Aircraft (PCA) | 1993-present | 9 |
| Proteus |  | Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology | 1999- present | 7 |
| Quiet Spike | | Sonic boom research | 2006 - present | 19 |
| R4D Skytrain (Historical) |  | Support aircraft | 1950s | 3 |
| RF-84F (Historical) |  | Pitch up studies | 1965 | 1 |
| RSRA (Historical) |  | Rotor Systems Research Aircraft | 1980 - 1981 | 2 |
| Schweizer 1-36 (Historical) |  | Deep Stall Research | 1983 - 1984 | 3 |
| Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) |  | Space shuttle ferry flights | 1981 - present | 7 |
| SOFIA |  | Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy | 2006 - present | 68 |
| Spacewedge (Historical) |  | Spacecraft Autoland Project | 1991 - 1996 | 6 |
| SRV (Historical) |  | RPV - Spin Research Vehicle | 1973 - 1981 | 2 |
| Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration (SSBD) |  | Reducing sonic boom intensity | 2003 - 2004 | 12 |
| SR-71 Blackbird |  | High speed flight and sonic boom studies (Historical) | 1990 - 1999 | 43 |
 | Linear Aerospike SR Experiment (LASRE) (Historical) | 1996 - 1999 | 21 | |
 | Ultraviolet Experiment | 1994 | 1 | |
| T-33A (Historical) |  | Support and Flight Research | 1958 - 1973 | 4 |
| T-34C |  | Chase, pilot proficiency | 1996 - present | 10 |
| T-37 (Historical) |  | Chase Aircraft, Wake Vortex Studies | 1974 | 2 |
| T-38 |  | Chase, pilot proficiency | 1970s - present | 15 |
| Theseus |  | RPV | 1996 - present | 16 |
| Tier 3- Darkstar (Historical) |  | RPV | 1995 - 1999 | 2 |
| TU-144LL (Historical) |  | Supersonic Research | 1996 - 1999 | 16 |
| U-2 (Historical) |  | Never flown - CIA Cover Story | 1960 | 1 |
| Voyager (Historical) |  | Globe circling flight | 1987 | 1 |
| X-1 (Historical) |  | Supersonic flight | 1946 - 1958 | 19 |
| X-1A (Historical) |  | Supersonic flight | 1946 - 1958 | 7 |
| X-1B (Historical) |  | Supersonic flight | 1946 - 1958 | 11 |
| X-1E (Historical) |  | Supersonic flight | 1946 - 1958 | 12 |
| X-2 (Historical) |  | Supersonic swept wing | 1955 - 1956 | 8 |
| X-3 (Historical) |  | Sustained flight at Mach 2+, low aspect ratio wings,titanium construction | 1953 - 1956 | 11 |
| X-4 (Historical) |  | Semi-tailless aircraft | 1954 | 9 |
| X-5 (Historical) |  | Variable sweep wings | 1952 - 1955 | 10 |
| X-15 (Historical) |  | Hypersonic flight at high altitude | 1959 - 1968 | 55 |
| X-24 (Historical) |  | Lifting body flight research | 1969 - 1975 | 30 |
| X-29 (Historical) |  | Forward Swept Wing | 1984 - 1992 | 18 |
| X-31 (Historical) |  | Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability Demonstrator | 1992 - 1995 | 27 |
| X-33 (Historical) |  | Advanced Technology Demonstrator | 1996 - 1999 | 25 |
| X-34 (Historical) |  | Technology Testbed Demonstrator | 1998 - 2000 | 30 |
| X-36 (Historical) |  | Tailless Aircraft Research | 1996 - 1997 | 27 |
| X-37 |  | Advanced Technology Demonstrator | 1999 - present | 5 |
| X-38 (Historical) |  | Experimental Crew Return Vehicle | 1995 - 2001 | 78 |
| X-40A (Historical) |  | Space Maneuvering Vehicle | 1996 - 2001 | 14 |
| X-43A / Hyper-X |  | Unpiloted Hypersonic Research Vehicle | 1996 - present | 82 |
| X-45A |  | X-45A Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) | 2001 - present | 25 |
| X-48B |  | Blended Wing Body | Present | 18 |
| X-Wing (Historical) |  | Rotor System Research Aircraft | 1986 - 1988 | 3 |
| XB-70A Valkyrie (Historical) |  | Stability and handling of large delta-wing aircraft at high speed | 1967 - 1969 | 12 |
| XF-91 Thunderceptor (Historical) |  | Prototype fighter | early 1950s | 1 |
| XF-92A (Historical) |  | Evaluate delta wing concept | 1953 | 9 |
| XV-15 Tilt Rotor Aircraft (Historical) |  | Improve design and efficiency of rotorcraft using tilt rotors | 1980 - 1981 | 4 |
| YF-12 Blackbird (Historical) |  | High speed, high altitude research, aerodynamic and thermal loads | 1970 - 1978 | 10 |
| YF-17 Cobra (Historical) |  | Prototype aircraft (future F-18) | mid 1970s | 3 |
| YF-23 (Historical) |  | Never flown at Dryden - US Air Force photo | 1994 | 1 |
| YF-102 Delta Dagger (Historical) |  | Delta wing research | 1954 - 1958 | 4 |
| YO-3A |  | In-Flight Acoustics Research | 1997 - 2004 | 5 |
| YRF-84F (Historical) |  | Pitch-up research | 1954 - 1956 | 3 |
| Aircraft Fleet Images | ||||
| Fleet images |  | All Dryden aircraft fleet photos | 1950 - present | 50 |
| Fleet Images from the 1950s (Historical) |  | Dryden aircraft fleet photos | 1950 - 1959 | 11 |
| Fleet Images from the 1960s (Historical) |  | Dryden aircraft fleet photos | 1960 - 1969 | 14 |
| Fleet Images from the 1970s (Historical) |  | Dryden aircraft fleet photos | 1970 - 1979 | 2 |
| Fleet Images from the 1980s (Historical) |  | Dryden aircraft fleet photos | 1980 - 1989 | 4 |
| Fleet Images from the 1990s (Historical) |  | Dryden aircraft fleet photos | 1990 - 1999 | 15 |
| Fleet Images from the 2000s |  | Dryden aircraft fleet photos | 2000 - present | 4 |
| STS - Space Shuttle | ||||
| ALT (Historical) |  | STS Approach and Landing Tests | late 1970s | 6 |
| Ferry Flights | | STS - SCA Ferry Flights | 1981 - present | 9 |
| Landings |  | STS Dryden/Edwards Landings | 1981 - present | 39 |
| MDD |  | STS Mate-Demate Device | 1978 - present | 7 |
| STS-1 Landing (Historical) |  | STS-1 Landing at Edwards | April 14, 1981 | 20 |
| STS-76 Landing (Historical) |  | STS-76 Landing at Edwards | March 31, 1996 | 7 |
| STS-92 Landing (Historical) |  | STS-92 Landing at Edwards | October 24, 2000 | 15 |
| STS-98 Landing (Historical) |  | STS-98 Landing at Edwards | February 20, 2001 | 8 |
| STS-100 Landing (Historical) |  | STS-100 Landing at Edwards | May 1, 2001 | 10 |
| STS-111 Landing (Historical) |  | STS-111 Landing at Edwards | June 19, 2002 | 8 |
| STS-114 Landing (Historical) |  | STS-114 Discovery Space Shuttle landing at Edwards Air Force Base | August 9, 2005 | 32 |
| STS-117 Landing |  | STS-117 Atlantis Space Shuttle landing at Edwards Air Force Base | June 22, 2007 | 12 |
| STS-Miscellaneous |  | STS-Miscellaneous | 2005 | 9 |
| Dryden Center Research Facilities Images | ||||
| Dryden Research Facilities |  | Dryden laboratories and buildings | 1946 - present | 30 |
| Flight Simulators |  | Dryden flight simulators | 1958 - present | 17 |
| Flight Loads Laboratory |  | Stress testing of aircraft under conditions expected in flight | 1970 - present | 16 |
| Flow Visualization Facility |  | Water Tunnel Flow Studies | 1983 - present | 3 |
| Other Dryden Images | ||||
| Aerodynamic Truck Research (Historical) |  | Air Flow Research | 1975 - 1981 | 2 |
| Directors |  | Dryden Center Directors portraits | 1946 - present | 19 |
| Miscellaneous |  | Miscellaneous Dryden photos | N/A | 14 |
| People |  | Dryden people | 1946 - present | 56 |
| Pilots |  | Dryden Research Pilots and their aircraft | 1946 - present | 79 |
| Schlieren Photography |  | Shock Wave Visualization Research | 1993 - present | 1 |
| Visitors |  | Guest speakers, visiting dignitaries, etc | 2002 - present | 22 |
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