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Dryden Aircraft Graphics Collection

The NASA Dryden Photo Collection has been relocated.

This collection contains digitized drawings, graphics and line art of many of the unique research aircraft flown at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, California from the 1940s to the present.

No copyright protection is asserted for these graphics. See Using NASA Imagery and Linking to NASA Web Sites for more information.

Multiple formats are provided for different needs - when available, an EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) file created in Adobe Illustrator, GIFS or JPEGS for printing and one low resolution file for viewing in a browser. The EPS format allows for modifications to be made to the file in a number of graphic applications, including Adobe Illustrator and Macromedia Freehand, and prints professionally to a PostScript-ready printer. More information on the EPS format can be found at adobe.com. The larger GIF is provided at a resolution high enough for most basic printing needs.

It should not be assumed that these drawings are completely accurate from an engineering standpoint. They are provided primarily as clip art for use in documents and as visual aids to complement the other online galleries at NASA Dryden.

Aircraft Research Program Flight Dates #Images
 A-5A Vigilante
 (Historical)
 SST and Sonic Boom Research  1963 1
 AD-1 (Historical)  Oblique Wing Research  1979 - 1982 1
 Altus (Historical)  ERAST Program - High Altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicle  1996 - 1997 1
 Apex (Historical)  ERAST Program - High Altitude Sailplane  1995 - 1998 1
 B-47A (Historical)  Landing Drag Chute Study and Dynamic Response
 Research
 1953 - 1957 1
 B-52  (Historical)  Air Drop Mothership  1959 - 2004 1
 B-57B Canberra
 (Historical)
 Atmospheric Research  1982 2
 B-58 Hustler
 (Historical)
 Chase Aircraft  1960s 1
 Boeing 720 (Historical)  CID - Controlled Impact Demonstration  1984 1
 Boeing 727 (Historical)  Vortex study  1974 1
 Boeing 737-300
 (Historical)
 Vortex Study  1970s 1
 Boeing 747 SCA  Shuttle Carrier Aircraft  1978 - present 3
 Boeing 757 (Historical)  NASA Langley flight research  N/A 1
 B377SG Super Guppy
 (Historical)
 Pilot study and system transport  1976 1
 C-17 Globemaster III  Propulsion Health Management (PHM)  2003 - present 1
 C-47 / R4D (Historical)  Personnel Transportation / Air Tow of M2-F1  1952 - 1984 1
 C-130B (Historical)  Airborne Science  1998 1
 C-140 JetStar
 (Historical)
 General Purpose Airborne Simulator (GPAS)  1963 - 1988 1
 Centurion (Historical)  High Altitude Solar Powered Aircraft  1997 1
 CV-990A (Historical)  LSRA - Landing Systems Research Aircraft  1993 - 1997 2
 D-558-1 Skystreak
 (Historical)
 Transonic Flight Research  1947 - 1953 1
 D-558-2 Skyrocket
 (Historical)
 Transonic and Supersonic Flight Research  1949 - 1956 2
 DC-8  Airborne Sciences  1998 - present 1
 ER-2  High Altitude Research  1997 - present 2
 F-4 (Historical)  Biomedical research, Chase  1960s 2
 F-5A (Historical)  High-lift flaps for transonic maneuverability  1970 - 1971 1
 F-8 (Historical)  Flight support  1971 - 1985 1
 F-8 DFBW (Historical)  Digital-Fly-By-Wire  1972 - 1985 1
 F-8 SCW (Historical)  Super Critical Wing  1971 - 1973 2
 F-14A (Historical)  Variable Sweep Transition flight experiment  1986 - 1987 1
 F-15A (Historical)  Flight research, Highly Integrated Digital Electronic
 Control, Digital Electronic Engine Control
 1976 - 1981 2
 F-15B  Aerodynamic loads, speeds, and temperature research  1993 - present 1
 F-15 ACTIVE  Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicles  1993 - 1998 1
 F-16A (Historical)  F-16 AFTI  1983 1
 F-16XL Ship #1
 (Historical)
 CAWAP - Cranked Aero Wing Aerodynamics Project  1994 - 1996 1
 F-16XL Ship #2
 (Historical)
 Supersonic Laminar Flow  1994 - 1997 2
 F-18A  Chase aircraft  1990 - present 2
 F-18 HARV (Historical)  High Alpha Research Vehicle  1987 - 1997 2
 F-18 SRA  Systems Research Aircraft  1993 - 1998 3
 F-84F (Historical)  Pitch-up research  1954 - 1965 2
 F-86F (Historical)  Air Force flight research  1954 1
 F-89 (Historical)  Air Force flight research  1950s 1
 F-100 Super Sabre
 (Historical)
 Inertial Coupling (stability)  1954 - 1956 1
 F-102A (Historical)  Delta wing prototype fighter  1956 - 1959 1
 F-104 Starfighter
 (Historical)
 Inertial coupling, reaction controls, noise research  1956 - 1973 2
 F-106 Delta Dart
 (Historical)
 Eclipse air tow program  1997 1
 F-111A
 Aardvaark
 (Historical)
 Transonic Aircraft Technology (TACT)  1970s 1
 F-111 AFTI/MAW
 Aardvaark
 (Historical)
 Advanced Fighter Integration Technology / Mission
 Adaptive Wing
 1974 - 1986 2
 F5D-1 (Historical)  Chase for Lifting Body program  1960s - 1970s 1
 Gulfstream II  (Historical)  General project support aircraft  1998 1
 Gulfstream III  (Historical)  General project support aircraft  2002 - present 1
 Helios
 (Historical)
 Solar Powered Aircraft  1999 - 2003 1
 HL-10 (Historical)  Lifting Body Research  1966 - 1970 3
 HL-20 (Historical)  Lifting Body Research  
1
 HiMAT (Historical)  RPV - Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology  1979 - 1983 1
 KC-135 Stratotanker
 (Historical)
 Evaluate capabilities of jet aircraft in air traffic control
 system, Winglet Study
 1958 and 1979 1
 KingAir-B200  Support Aircraft  1997 - present 1
 LLRV (Historical)  Lunar Landing Research Vehicle  1964 - 1967 1
 Learjet (Historical)  Airborne Sciences  1998 - 2001 1
 LoFLYTE (Historical)  Waverider concept model  mid 1990s 1
 M2-F1 (Historical)  Lifting Body  1963 - 1964 1
 M2-F2 (Historical)  Lifting Body  1966 - 1967 1
 MD-11 (Historical)  Propulsion Controlled Aircraft  1995 1
 Miscellaneous  Key to Artist Bob McCall mural painting  2003 2
 NB-52B  (Historical)  Air-drop mothership  1950s - 2004 1
 OV-1 (Historical)  Stall speed warning system  1983 1
 P-51D Mustang
 (Historical)
 Chase (X-1A), Pilot proficiency  1940s - 1950s 1
 PA-30 Twin
 Comanche
 (Historical)
 NASA 808 RPRV - Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle  1979 - 1980 1
 Paresev 1-A
 (Historical)
 Spacecraft landing control systems  1962 - 1964 1
 Pathfinder (Historical)  ERAST - Solar Powered Aircraft  1995 2
 Pegasus (Historical)  Air-launched space booster  1989 - 1994 1
 RSRA (Historical)  Rotor Systems Research Aircraft  1980 - 1981 1
 Schweizer_1-36
 (Historical)
 Deep Stall Research  1974 1
 SR-71 Blackbird
 (Historical)
 High Speed Flight Research  1990 - 1999 6
 Space Shuttle (STS)
 (Historical)
 Space Flight  1979 - present 9
 T-34C (Historical)  Chase, pilot proficiency  1996 - present 1
 T-38  Chase, pilot proficiency  1970s - present 1
 TF-104G (Historical)  Chase, Research External Visibility Display for X-30  1998 2
 TU-144LL (Historical)  Supersonic Research  1996 - 1999 2
 X-1 / XS-1 (Historical)  Supersonic Flight Research  1946 - 1958 1
 X-1A (Historical)  Supersonic Flight Research  1946 - 1958 1
 X-1B (Historical)  Supersonic Flight Research  1946 - 1958 1
 X-1E (Historical)  Supersonic Flight Research  1946 - 1958 2
 X-2 (Historical)  Supersonic swept wing  1955 - 1956 1
 X-3 (Historical)  Sustained flight at Mach 2+, low aspect ratio wings  1953 - 1956 1
 X-4 (Historical)  Semi-tailless aircraft  1954 1
 X-5 (Historical)  Variable sweep wings  1952 - 1955 1
 X-15 (Historical)  Hypersonic flight at high altitude  1959 - 1968 2
 X-24A (Historical)  Lifting body flight research  1969 - 1972 1
 X-24B (Historical)  Lifting body flight research  1972 - 1975 2
 X-29 (Historical)  Forward Swept Wing  1984 - 1992 2
 X-31 (Historical)  Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability Demonstrator  1992 - 1995 2
 X-33 (Historical)  Advanced Technology Demonstrator  1996 - 1999 1
 X-34 (Historical)  Advanced Technology Demonstrator  1997 - 2000 1
 X-36 (Historical)  Tailless Aircraft Research  1996 - 1997 2
 X-38 (Historical)  Experimental Crew Return Vehicle  1995 - 2001 1
 X-43A/Hyper-X  (Historical)  X-43A Unpiloted Hypersonic Research Vehicle  1996 - present 8
 XB-70A Valkyrie  (Historical)  Stability and handling of large delta-wing aircraft at high
 speed
 1967 - 1969 1
 XF-88 (Historical)  
 1950s 1
 XF-91 Thunderceptor
 (Historical)
 Prototype fighter
 1950s 1
 XF-92A (Historical)  Evaluate delta wing concept  1953 1
 XV-15 Tilt Rotor
 (Historical)
 Improve design and efficiency of rotorcraft using tilt rotors  1980 - 1981 1
 XP-51 (Historical)    1950s, 2000 1
 YAV-8B Harrier
 (Historical)
 Vertical Take-Off and Landing  1980s 1
 YF-12A Blackbird
 (Historical)
 High speed, high altitude research, aerodynamic and
 thermal loads
 1970 - 1978 1
 YF-102 Delta Dagger
 (Historical)
 Delta wing research  1954 - 1958 1
 YO-3A  Chase and Pilot Proficiency  1997 - 2004 1
 Pilots  Pilots and Equipment  1946 - present 1
 Dryden Maps  Facility and Center Maps  1946 - present 7
 Logos and Insignias  NASA and Project Logos and Insignias  1946 - present 6



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