F11F Airplane

Northrop N9M-2 airplane; 3/4 front view from above.

3/4 rear view from below of Douglas BTD-1 airplane in Ames 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel, unseated, horizontal tail on.

Douglas BTD-1 airplane 3/4 front view from below in Ames 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel, unseated, horizontal tail on.

Installation of the Douglas A-26B airplane in the 40x80 foot wind tunnel at NACA's Ames Research Center. Airplane being centered over tunnel opening.

DOUGLAS XA3D-1 #413 AIRPLANE MOUNTED IN THE NACA AMES RESEARCH CENTER'S 40X80_FOOT SUBSONIC WIND TUNNEL sweptback wing Testing the wing boundary layer control of the A3D in the 40 x 80 wind tunnel. Boundary layer control was added to increase the lift of the wing for aircraft carrier take off and landing.

DOUGLAS XA3D-1 #413 AIRPLANE MOUNTED IN THE NACA AMES RESEARCH CENTER'S 40X80_FOOT SUBSONIC WIND TUNNEL Testing the boundary layer control of the A3D in the 40 x 80 wind tunnel. Boundary layer control was added to increase the lift of the wing for take off from an aircraft carrier.

Investigation of cambered propeller design for VTOL/STOL airplane. 3/4 front view of Curtis VTOL propeller.

Investigation of cambered propeller design for VTOL/STOL airplane. 3/4 front view of complete configuration, 0 deg.

Overhead view of Ryan XV-5A lift-fan VSTOL airplane.

Front View of McDonald XP-85 Plan Model. Parasite Airplane designed to be carried in the B-36 bombay (never built) At the time it was the smallest Jet powered airplane. The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin was an American prototype fighter aircraft conceived during World War II by McDonnell Aircraft. It was intended to be deployed from the bomb bay of the giant Convair B-36 bomber as a parasite fighter. The XF-85's intended role was to defend bombers from hostile interceptor aircraft, a need demonstrated during World War II

Drag studies for Full Scale wind tunnel test of Grumman YAO-1 airplane, 3/4 front view with propellers on

Bell V/STOL X-14 airplane mounted at 90 degrees yaw in 40x80 foot wind tunnel.

First airplane tested in the ames 40 x 80 foot wind tunnel. Douglas XSB2D-1 (Destroyer) hanging from overhead crane above the test section.

Avrocar Annular Jet VTOL Airplane in Ames 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel.

NASA N941NA is the last Super Guppy Turbine Cargo Airplane in service.

NASA N941NA is the last Super Guppy Turbine Cargo Airplane in service.

NASA N941NA is the last Super Guppy Turbine Cargo Airplane in service.

NASA N941NA is the last Super Guppy Turbine Cargo Airplane in service.

NASA N941NA is the last Super Guppy Turbine Cargo Airplane in service.

3/4 front view Ryan XV-5A lift-fan VSTOL airplane. Pictured with Tom Wills.

3/4 rear view Ryan XV-5A lift-fan VSTOL airplane. Pictured with Tom Wills.

Vanguard 2C vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) airplane, wind tunnel test. Front view from below, model 14 1/2 feet high disk off. Nasa Ames engineer Ralph Maki in photo. Variable height struts and ground plane, low pressure ratio, fan in wing. 02/01/1960.

Various Components of Goodyear Inflatable Airplane in Full Scale Tunnel building 643 Test 238

Various Components of Goodyear Inflatable Airplane in Full Scale Tunnel building 643 Test 238

Various Components of Goodyear Inflatable Airplane in Full Scale Tunnel building 643 Test 238

L57-2809 Rocket model of McDonnell F4-H1 airplane on Terrier launcher with Nike booster, June 17, 1957. Photograph published in A New Dimension Wallops Island Flight Test Range: The First Fifteen Years by Joseph Shortal. A NASA publication. Page 500.

DC-9 AIRPLANE FLYING OVER CLEVELAND OHIO SEPTEMBER 23 1994

On December 17, 1903, two brothers from Dayton, Ohio, named Wilbur and Orville Wright, were successful in flying an airplane they built. Their powered aircraft flew for 12 seconds above the sand dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, making them the first men to pilot a heavier-than-air machine that took off on its own power, remained under control, and sustained flight.

DC-9 AIRPLANE IN FLIGHT AT 50 DEGREES ANGLE OVER HORIZON

Photographed on: 12 09 58. -- Mercury capsule details, capsule in cargo bay of C-130 airplane prior to drop test, equipment in C130 for doing drop test.

Photographed on: 12 09 58. -- Mercury capsule details, capsule in cargo bay of C-130 airplane prior to drop test, equipment in C130 for doing drop test.

F86 D 959

O-47A Airplane - first test airplane at Ames

O-47A Airplane - first test airplane at Ames

The airplane carrying Expedition 65 prime crew members, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, and Expedition 65 backup crew members, NASA astronaut Anne McClain, and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos,arrives in Baikonur, Kazakhstan from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC), Friday, March 26, 2021. The prime crew is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on a Soyuz rocket April 9. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka, center, and Expedition 9 Flight Engineer Michael Fincke, background, exit the Gargarin Cosmonaut Training Center's airplane to an awaiting crowd of officials and family members after their flight from Kustanay, Kazakhstan, Sunday, October 24, 2004. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Nathan Sam and Robert “Red” Jensen lay material into a Prandtl-M aircraft mold at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California. The aircraft is the second of three prototypes of varying sizes to provide scientists with options to fly sensors in the Martian atmosphere to collect weather and landing site information for future human exploration of Mars.

Nathan Sam shows the Prandtl-M aircraft he helped fabricate at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California. The aircraft is the second of three prototypes of varying sizes to provide scientists with options to fly sensors in the Martian atmosphere to collect weather and landing site information for future human exploration of Mars.

The NASA DC-8 airplane sits on the tarmac, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010, at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. , as preparations continue for its part in the GRIP experiment. The Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) experiment is a NASA Earth science field experiment in 2010 that is being conducted to better understand how tropical storms form and develop into major hurricanes. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

A young girl watches as her paper airplane is flown in a small wind tunnel during the USA Science and Engineering Festival, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010, at Freedom Plaza in Washington. NASA, joined with more than 500 science organizations this weekend to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers during the first national science and engineering festival held in the nation's capital. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

Expedition 64 prime crew member, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, center, affixes an Expedition 64 sticker inside the airplane that delivered her and her crew mates Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, front, and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos to Baikonur, Kazakhstan from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020. They are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmosdrome on a Soyuz rocket October 14. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology airplane undergoes structural stress tests at a Lockheed Martin facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company - Fort Worth - Chris Hanoch Subject: X-59 - Various Angles in Test Fixture FP#: 21-03420 POC: Analiese Smith, Chris Higgins Other info: X-59 in Fort Worth, testing; high angle shots in fixture 1-10-22

This panoramic side view of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology airplane shows the aircraft sitting on jacks at a Lockheed Martin test facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company - Fort Worth - Chris Hanoch Subject: SEG 230 Nose Attachement FP#: 21-03420 POC: Analiese Smith, Chris Higgins Other info: X-59 in Fort Worth, testing

MB-3A Airplane

Boeing 17C Airplane

Bell Helicopter 222 Airplane

Lockheed 1649 Airplane

Boeing 314 Airplane

Douglas DC-3 Airplane

3/4 front view from below.

Test #9.

Lockheed Model 12 Airplane in Flight

KC-135 AIRPLANE MICROGRAVITY FLIGHT

The Air Force provided a C-17 Globemaster III for use in the Vehicle Integrated Propulsion Research (VIPR) effort. Researchers are using the airplane for ground testing of new engine health monitoring technologies.

The NASA DC-8 airplane sits on the tarmac, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010, at Fort Lauderdale International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. , as preparations continue for its part in the GRIP experiment. The Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) experiment is a NASA Earth science field experiment in 2010 that is being conducted to better understand how tropical storms form and develop into major hurricanes. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

JIM WITHROW ON THE KC-135 AIRPLANE WITH BUCKEYE BEAR

Aerial view cityscape from airplane at summer

JPL researchers Cathleen Jones (far left) and Yunling Lou (far right) stand with the flight crew in front of the airplane used to fly the UAVSAR instrument on Oct. 6. The plane is based out of NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center near Palmdale, California. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24901

North American F-100-F airplane, equipped with thrust reversers, full scale wind tunnel test. 3/4 front view of F-100-F airplane with North American Aviation thrust reverser. On standard 40x80 struts landing gear down. Mark Kelly, branch chief in photo.

North American P-51B 'Mustang' fighter in flight over bay area. The P-51 with its new laminar-flow wing sections developed by NACA was the first airplane selected for testing of airplane drag in flight and wind tunnel comparison

P-61A Airplane at NACA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California

OV-10A (NASA-718) Airplane in flight. (Air to Air)

S3 VIKING NAVY JET AIRPLANE ON THE TARMAC AT NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER

TWIN OTTER AIRPLANE SUPERCOOLED LARGE DROPLETS ICE ACCRETIONS

Ames Pilot George Cooper and F-84F airplane on ramp

XV-5B (NASA 705) fan in wing airplane in flight

40x80ft wind tunnel testing of a modification to a A-26B airplane (rockets, bomb and wing)

NACA Photographer Electrically heated airfoil - wing glove on C-46 airplane

AVROCAR Annular Jet VTOL Airplane; 40x80ft w.t. tests

P-61A Airplane at NACA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California

Ames mechanics working on C-46 airplane in front of hangar

North American F-100 Airplane (NACA 709), with Pilot George Cooper

GRUMMAN F6F-3 #874 AIRPLANE on the NACA Ames flight line

TWIN OTTER AIRPLANE SUPERCOOLED LARGE DROPLETS ICE ACCRETIONS

XP-51B airplane in 16ft wind tunnel with test engineer

IMAGES FROM THE STEREOGRAPHIC CAMERA SYSTEM ON THE TWIN OTTER AIRPLANE

NACA Photographer Electrically heated airfoil - wing glove on C-46 airplane

NACA photographer Lockheed 12A icing research airplane: with heated wings

Ryan #92 deflected slipstream VTOL/STOL airplane with flaps undeflected.

Views of F-8U Crusader Aircraft at NASA Langley

Views of F-8U Crusader Aircraft at NASA Langley

This 0.5-inch x 0.5-inch (1.3 x 1.3 centimeter) square of unbleached muslin material from the Wright brothers' first airplane was encapsulated in a protective polyamide film before being attached to a cable underneath the solar panel of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter. Procured by the Wrights from a local department store in downtown Dayton, Ohio, the cotton fabric (called "Pride of the West Muslin") was at the time mostly used for ladies undergarments. In the front parlor of their home, the Wrights cut the material into strips and used the family sewing machine to create wing coverings for their airplane Flyer 1, which achieved the first powered, controlled flight on Earth on Dec. 17, 1903. The swatch of material from the Wright brothers' first airplane was obtained from the Carillon Historical Park, in Dayton, Ohio — home to the Wright Brothers National Museum. The image was taken in a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on January 15, 2020. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24438

The Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) airplane is seen as NASA, ESA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces deploy from Karaganda to Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan in advance of the landing of Expedition 57 crew members Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos. Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018. Auñón-Chancellor, Gerst, and Prokopyev are returning after 197 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 56 and 57 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Gargarin Cosmonaut Traning Center (GCTC) airplane is seen from a Russian MI-8 Helicopter a day before the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft landing with Expedition 42 commander Barry Wilmore of NASA, Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Elena Serova of Roscosmos Wednesday, March 11, 2015 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. NASA Astronaut Wilmore, Russian Cosmonauts Samokutyaev and Serova are returning after almost six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 41 and 42 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

KC-135 AIRPLANE FLIGHT AT LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER DURING WEEK OF AUGUST 17 THROUGH 22 1998

SLD - SUPER COOLED LARGE DROPLET ICING ON TWIN OTTER AIRPLANE 1 - 2 - 3

40x80ft wind tunnel testing of a modification to a Douglas A-26B Invader airplane (rockets, bomb and wing)

KC-135 AIRPLANE FLIGHT AT LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER DURING WEEK OF AUGUST 17 THROUGH 22 1998

KC-135 AIRPLANE FLIGHT AT LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER DURING WEEK OF AUGUST 17 THROUGH 22 1998

CHANCE VOUGHT F7U-3 #656 AIRPLANE at NACA Ames for testing of PRESSURE PROBE ON TAIL PIPE (afterburners)

KC-135 AIRPLANE FLIGHT AT LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER DURING WEEK OF AUGUST 17 THROUGH 22 1998

3/4 front view with wing tilted and flaps 0 degrees. Coin Airplane: Rotating cylinder flap applied.

NACA Photographer 3/4 front view Curtiss C-46 airplane in which the thermal ice-prevention equipment was installed

LOCKHEED F-94C #156 AIRPLANE. COOLING AIR EJECTOR on NACA Ames Flight Line

KC-135 AIRPLANE FLIGHT AT LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER DURING WEEK OF AUGUST 17 THROUGH 22 1998

P-51 airplane model in the NACA Ames Research Center Transonic 16ft w.t.

KC-135 AIRPLANE FLIGHT AT LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER DURING WEEK OF AUGUST 17 THROUGH 22 1998

NORTH AMERICAN F86-A #135 AIRPLANE on Ames ramp in front of hangar 211 with NACA PILOTS COOPER & CREER

KC-135 AIRPLANE FLIGHT AT LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER DURING WEEK OF AUGUST 17 THROUGH 22 1998