During the early 1970s, a Martin B-57B Canberra (ex USAF 52-1576) took part in several NASA joint flight test programs at their Flight Research Centre within Edwards Air Force Base in California’s Mojave Desert. […]
NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station obtained this B-47A Stratojet (labeled NACA 150) to study the characteristics of a large, flexible swept-wing aircraft in 1953. […]
On June 14, 2021, the NF-16D Variable In-Flight Simulator Aircraft (VISTA) was officially redesignated as the X-62A. Stephen Chapis shares the story behind this change. […]
In 1963, a North American Aviation A-5A Vigilante jet was utilized for simulation studies related to a proposed supersonic transport. These flights were based on two flight plans derived from earlier studies at NASA’s Flight Research Center: one for a variable-sweep wing configuration and the other for a delta-wing design. NASA test pilot William H. Dana conducted approximately 21 flights along federal airways leading into Los Angeles. […]
PRESS RELEASE The Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA will be hosting another event as part of their Home Beyond Earth series. Debris from decades of spaceflights now orbits the Earth, and during a Museum […]
By Adam Estes When the Douglas DC-8 was first flown in 1958, it was just the second American jetliner produced, second only to the Boeing 707, and was among the first narrow-body, four-engine jetliners that […]
PRESS RELEASE The Intrepid Museum–home of the space shuttle Enterprise—is thrilled to host Apollo: When We Went to the Moon. This special exhibition, which openened on March 26, 2024, unpacks the history of the Apollo […]