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Updates for September 2006

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DFRC Photo # Photo Date Image Description
ET62-0270 November 9, 1961 Cracked canopy glass on right side of X-15 #2 after flt. 2-21-37 on Nov. 9 1961. Robert White-pilot. First flight to mach 6.
ET62-0205 January 20, 1962 Cutaway drawing of the North American X-15.
E62-9170 November 9, 1962 X-15 #2 landing accident at Mud Lake, Nevada on November 9, 1962 after flight 2-31-52.
EC67-1731 May 8, 1967 X-15A-2 in flight. First flight wih dummy ramjet attached. Flt. 2-51-92, Pete Knight-pilot.
E-14182 1966 X-15 test pilots - in a lighter mood
ET61-0140 April 10, 1961 Three view art of the North American X-15.
EC86-33524-02 1976 F-104N #812, F-15A #287 and YF-17 #569 in formation.
EC80-14126 November 13, 1980 F-15 #281 and F-104 #826 fly in formation during Space Shuttle tile testing.
EC80-12547 March 20, 1980 F-15A #287 in flight
EC80-12546 March 20, 1980 F-15A #287 flies formation with a T-38 chase over Edwards AFB.
EC78-09359 March 3, 1978 F-15A #281 in flight over Mojave
EC78-09319 February 24, 1978 F-15A #281 in flight
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.
EC66-01426 September 1, 1966 F-104N #812 takeoff
EC63-00221 October 24, 1963 All three NASA F-104N's flying in formation.
E61-7288 September 1, 1961 F5D Skylancer with camera installation in nose.
E61-07109 August 7, 1961 F5D Skylancer NASA 212 modified as the X-20 Dyna-Soar vision field simulator.
E56-02456 August 10, 1956 F-101A Front quarter view on Edwards Lakebed
E56-02452 August 10, 1956 F-101A Rear quarter view on Edwards Lakebed.
EC76-6048 November 3, 1976 Oblique Wing Research Aircraft in flight
E62-8947 October 17, 1962 John McKay after flight in F-104B
E50-0401 December 12, 1950 Side view of Northrop X-4 ship 2.
E52-0670 Dec. 15, 1951 Right side view of Bell X-1 #6063
E50-0382 Nov. 8, 1950 NACA pilot John Griffith hands his flight gear to Dick Payne as crew members Ed Edwards and Clyde Bailey look on.
E49-0004 1949 Right side of Bell X-1 #6063 next to B-29 mothership.
EC68-1982 June 27, 1965 Southwestern US, with Las Vegas, NV in foreground, taken by X-15 Hycon HR-236 Camera during flt. 2-39-70 on June 27, 1965.
EC67-1833 Oct. 4, 1967 X-15A-2 post flight photo showing heat damage from Mach 6.7 flight on 3 Oct 67. Flt. 2-53-97; pilot-Pete Knight.
EC67-1794 August 4, 1967 X-15A-2 with full scale ablative and external tanks installed parked in front of hangar.
EC05-0177-33 August 23, 2005 Robert White, Bill Dana, Neil Armstrong and Joe Engle were on hand when astronaut wings were presented to the three NASA pilots who flew the X-15 into space.
EC67-1776 June 23, 1967 X-15A-2 is rolled out of the paint shop after having the full scale ablative applied.
E62-7893 January 20, 1962 Cutaway drawing of the North American X-15.
EC01-0264-55 July 25, 2001 The Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base is NASA's premier center for atmospheric flight research to validate high-risk aerospace technology.
EC01-0264-14 July 25, 2001 NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center is situated immediately adjacent to the compass rose on the bed of Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
ET-128 1955/1956 X-2 Number 1 (#674) in flight over Southern California
ED06-0174-1 1954/1956 X-2 Number 1 (#674) landing with skids deployed
ED06-0149-27 August 10, 2006 Approaching the runway after the first evaluation flight of the Quiet Spike project, NASA's F-15B testbed aircraft cruises over Roger's Dry Lakebed.
ED06-0149-23 August 10, 2006 NASA's F-15B testbed aircraft in flight during the first evaluation flight of the joint NASA/Gulfstream Quiet Spike project.
ED06-0149-20 August 10, 2006 NASA's F-15B testbed aircraft lands after the first flight of the Quiet Spike project.
ED06-0149-02 August 10, 2006 NASA's F-15B testbed aircraft undergoes pre-flight checks before performing the first flight of the Quiet Spike project.
ED06-0111-08 September 6, 2006 NASA’s F-15B testbed aircraft with Gulfstream Quiet Spike sonic boom mitigator attached.
ED06-0054-299 August 16, 2006 The control panel for the joint NASA/Gulfstream Quiet Spike project, located in the backseat of NASA's F-15B testbed aircraft.
ED06-0054-140 May 3, 2006 Some of the test team for the Gulfstream Quiet Spike project assembled for a group photo on May 3, 2006.
ED06-0054-115 May 1, 2006 NASA Dryden's F-15B aircraft with the Gulfstream Quiet Spike sonic boom mitigator attached undergoes ground vibration testing in preparation for test flights.
ED06-0054-009 April 17, 2006 Gulfstream's Quiet Spike sonic boom mitigator being installed on NASA DFRC's F-15B testbed aircraft.

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