Larson Details Chief Test Pilot Work

After climbing the stairs, NASA pilot Nils Larson sits in a NASA F/A-18 aircraft and begins preflight procedures.

After climbing the stairs, NASA pilot Nils Larson sits in a NASA F-15B aircraft and begins preflight procedures.

Photographer NASA/Lauren Hughes
Location AFRC
Armstrong Flight Research CenterAFRCEAP2Eagle Aero Probe 2David Nils LarsonX-59Low-Boom Flight DemonstratorAutomatic Collision Avoidance TechnologyACATAutomatic Ground Collision Avoidance SystemAuto GCASpilotF A-18Quiet Supersonic Flights 2018QSF18