| DFRC Photo # |
Photo Date |
Image Description |
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F-15B Photo Collection Contact Sheet |
| ED06-0196-1 |
October 20, 2006 |
Group photo following the 300th NASA Dryden flight of F-15B #836 |
| EC05-0148-31 |
July 22, 2005 |
NASA's two modified F-15B research aircraft joined up for a fly-over of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards AFB, Calif., after a research mission. |
| EC05-0148-30 |
July 22, 2005 |
One of NASA's two F-15 research aircraft gets refueled in mid-air over Lake Isabella from a USAF KC-135 tanker while NASA's other F-15 flies chase alongside. |
| EC05-0148-04 |
July 22, 2005 |
NASA F-15B research aircraft #836 shadows its stablemate, F-15B #837, during an Intelligent Flight Control System mission from NASA Dryden. |
| EC05-0030-12 |
February 16, 2005 |
Two panels of Space Shuttle TPS insulation were mounted on the flight test fixture underneath NASA's F-15B during the Lifting Foam Trajectory flight test series. |
| EC05-0030-10 |
February 16, 2005 |
NASA's F-15B carrying thermal insulation foam on its flight test fixture is shadowed by a NASA F-18B chase aircraft during a LIFT experiment research flight. |
| EC05-0030-04 |
February 16, 2005 |
A post-flight inspection of the panels on the F-15B's flight test fixture shows five divots of TPS foam were successfully ejected during the LIFT experiment. |
| EC05-0030-03 |
February 16, 2005 |
A close-up of the panels on the F-15B's flight test fixture shows five divots of TPS foam were successfully ejected during the LIFT experiment. |
| EC05-0028-18 |
February 14, 2005 |
All six divots of thermal insulation foam have been ejected from the flight test fixture on NASA's F-15B testbed as it returns from a LIFT experiment flight. |
| EC04-0176-4 |
June 1, 2004 |
NASA's F-15B conducts a local Mach investigation flight over California's Mojave Desert. |
| EC04-0176-2 |
June 1, 2004 |
NASA's F-15B conducts a local Mach investigation flight over California's Mojave Desert. |
| EC04-0176-1 |
June 1, 2004 |
NASA's F-15B conducts a local Mach investigation flight over California's Mojave Desert. |
| EC03-0229-6 |
August 25, 2003 |
Northrop Grumman Corp.'s modified F-5E Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration (SSBD) aircraft flies off the wing of NASA's F-15B Research testbed aircraft. |
| EC03-0225-8 |
August 25, 2003 |
NASA's F-15B research testbed jet from the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center flew in the supersonic shockwave of a Northrop Grumman Corp. modified F-5E in support of the Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration (SSBD) project, which is part of the DARPA's Quiet Supersonic Platform (QSP) program. |
| EC03-0225-6 |
August 25, 2003 |
NASA's F-15B from the Dryden Flight Research Center flew in the supersonic shockwave of a modified U.S. Navy F-5E jet in support of the Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration (SSBD) project. On Aug. 27, 2003, the F-5 SSBD aircraft demonstrated a method to reduce the intensity of sonic booms. |
| EC03-0225-5 |
August 25, 2003 |
NASA's F-15B research testbed jet flew in the supersonic shockwave of a Northrop Grumman Corp. - modified U.S. Navy F-5E jet in support of the Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration project. |
| EC03-0225-2 |
August 25, 2003 |
NASA's F-15B research testbed jet flew in the supersonic shockwave of a Northrop Grumman Corp. - modified U.S. Navy F-5E jet in support of the Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration project. |
| EC02-0041-4 |
February 13, 2002 |
NASA's F-15B Research Testbed aircraft flies in the supersonic shock wave of a U.S. Navy F-5E as part of the F-5 Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration (SSBD) project. |
| EC02-0041-3 |
February 13, 2002 |
NASA's F-15B Research Testbed aircraft flies in the supersonic shock wave of a U.S. Navy F-5E as part of the F-5 Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration (SSBD) project. |
| EC01-0324-3 |
November 30, 2001 |
NASA Dryden's new in-house designed Propulsion Flight Test Fixture (PFTF) flew mated to a specially-equipped supersonic F-15B research aircraft during December 2001 and January 2002. |
| EC01-0324-12 |
November 30, 2001 |
NASA Dryden's new in-house designed Propulsion Flight Test Fixture (PFTF), carried on an F-15B's centerline attachment point, underwent flight envelope expansion in order to verify its design and capabilities. |
| EC01-0124-1 |
April 24, 2001 |
The Aerostructures Test Wing (ATW), which consisted of an 18-inch carbon fiber test wing with surface-mounted piezoelectric strain actuators, following intentional failure on its final flight. |
| EC01-0086-8 |
March 28, 2001 |
The Aerostructures Test Wing (ATW) experiment, which consisted of an 18-inch carbon fiber test wing with surface-mounted piezoelectric strain actuators, undergoing ground testing prior to flight on Dryden's F-15B Research Testbed aircraft. |
| EC01-0086-4 |
March 28, 2001 |
The Aerostructures Test Wing (ATW),which consisted of an 18-inch carbon fiber test wing with surface-mounted piezoelectric strain actuators, was mounted on a special ventral flight test fixture and flown on Dryden's F-15B Research Testbed aircraft. |
| EC99-45279-1 |
1999 |
F-15B on ramp showing closeup of the Supersonic Natural Laminar Flow (SS-NLF) experiment attached vertically to the centerline pylon. |
| EC99-45278-2 |
1999 |
F-15B in flight showing Supersonic Natural Laminar Flow (SS-NLF) experiment attached vertically to the centerline pylon. |
| EC99-44862-8 |
January 1999 |
Close-up of test panels covered with advanced spray-on foam insulation material for the Space Shuttle external fuel tank mounted on the F-15B FTF. |
| EC99-44862-4 |
January 1999 |
Close-up of test panels covered with advanced spray-on foam insulation material for the Space Shuttle external fuel tank mounted on the F-15B FTF. |
| EC99-44862-12 |
January 1999 |
Test panels covered with advanced spray-on foam insulation material for the Space Shuttle external fuel tank mounted on the F-15B. |
| EC99-44862-11 |
January 1999 |
Test panels covered with advanced spray-on foam insulation material for the Space Shuttle external fuel tank mounted on the F-15B. |
| EC99-44861-4 |
January 1999 |
Close-up of test panels covered with advanced spray-on foam insulation material for the Space Shuttle external fuel tank mounted on the F-15B FTF. |
| EC99-44861-1 |
January 1999 |
F-15B in on ramp with close-up of test panels covered with advanced spray-on foam insulation material for the Space Shuttle external fuel tank. |
| EC98-44554-8 |
14 May 1998 |
Closeup of F-15B Flight Test Fixture (FTF) with X-33 Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) |
| EC98-44554-31 |
14 May 1998 |
F-15B in flight with X-33 Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) on Flight Test Fixture. |
| EC96-43815-2 |
Dec 1996 |
F-15B testbed in flight with new sonic shockwave sensor. |
| EC96-43669-4 |
Dec 1996 |
New sonic shockwave multi-element sensors mounted on a small airfoil flown on F-15B testbed aircraft. |
| EC96-43398-4 |
1996 |
F-15B transonic flight research testbed aircraft in flight. |
| EC96-43398-22 |
1996 |
F-15B transonic flight research testbed aircraft in flight. |
| EC93-42061-17 |
1993 |
F-15B in flight from below. |
