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Dryden has used a variety of chase and support aircraft. First acquired in August 1956, F-104s were the most versatile work-horses in Dryden's stable of research and support aircraft, with 11 of them flying mostly research missions over the next 38 years. F-104 Home Page
| DFRC Photo # |
Photo Date |
Image Description |
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F-104 Starfighter Photo Collection Contact Sheet |
| ET60-00056 |
November 16, 1960 |
F-104A #734 on lakebed. |
| E-5071 |
December 16, 1959 |
F-104 on ramp |
| E-6209 |
November 16, 1960 |
F-104 on lakebed, front view |
| E-6213 |
November 16, 1960 |
F-104 on lakebed, back view |
| E-3016 |
July 9, 1957 |
F-104A on lakebed |
| E-6511 |
February 16, 1961 |
F-104 on lakebed, ground view |
| ECN-785 |
July 7, 1965 |
F-104 in flight |
| E-3009 |
July 9, 1957 |
F-104A on lakebed |
| ECN-8023 |
July 19, 1977 |
F-104 in flight |
| EC88-0029-04 |
January 19, 1988 |
F-104 in flight |
| E-6595 |
December 15, 1960 |
JF-104 ground testing reaction control system (RCS) jets |
| ET-95 |
December 15, 1960 |
JF-104 ground testing reaction control system (RCS) jets |
| ECN-4647 |
May 30, 1975 |
F-104 in flight with T-38 chase |
| EC90-224 |
October 1, 1988 |
F-104 |
| EC92-03161-4 |
March 16, 1992 |
F-104 in flight over lakebed |
| EC93-42325-22 |
December 8, 1993 |
F-104 in flight |
| ECN-2493 |
August 12, 1970 |
Two F-104s in flight |
| EC75-4914 |
October 24, 1975 |
X-24B landing on lakebed with F-104 chase, simulating a Shuttle landing |
| ECN-30326 |
July 27, 1984 |
Edward (Ed) T. Schneider preparing for an F-104 flight |
| ECN-31797-FR10 |
1984 |
F-104 with research pilot Steve Ishmael |
| EC92-7281-9 |
July 28, 1992 |
Test legroom in F-104 testbed for research pilot Steve Ishmael |
| EC91-134-4 |
1991 |
F-104 nose instrumentation is checked by technicians Keith Wright and Bob Brown |
| E-2952 |
1957 |
NACA "Century Series" Fleet in flight F-100A, F-101, YF-102A, and F-104 |
| EC86-33442-9 |
May 7, 1986 |
Flight test engineers Bob Meyer and Marta Bohn-Meyer had the distinction of being the only married couple to both serve on flight status on this two-seat F-104. |
| EC80-14126 |
November 13, 1980 |
F-15 #281 and F-104 #826 fly in formation during Space Shuttle tile testing. |
| EC79-11687 |
Sept. 14, 1979 |
TF-104G #824 flies chase on NB-52B durng a DAST ARW-1 captive flight. |
| EC77-8122 |
August 1, 1977 |
F-104B #819 flies chase on the NB-52B #008 during the first DAST captive flight. |
| EC76-5145 |
April 11, 1975 |
The only time the five ship fleet of NASA Dryden’s F-104 Starfighters was ever airborne at the same time. |
| EC76-5140 |
April 11, 1975 |
F-104A #818 flown by Einar Enevoldson and F-104A #820 flown by Gary Krier in formation over the Mojave Desert. |
| EC76-5079 |
April 11, 1975 |
F-104A #818 flown by Einar Enevoldson |
| EC71-2811 |
August 23, 1971 |
F-104A #820 in flight |
| EC66-01426 |
Sept. 1, 1966 |
F-104N #812 takeoff |
| EC63-00221 |
October 24, 1963 |
All three NASA F-104N's flying in formation. |
| EC90-128-5 |
1990 |
F-104 #826, T-38 #821, and F-18 #841 in formation flight to commemorate pilot Bill Dana 30 year anniversary of first F-104 flight |
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