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The load pad bonding process for the vertical tails was a preliminary step in the process to test the F/A-18E from...
From left, Andy Barry, DC-8 pilot; Todd Renfro, flight navigator; and Adam Devalon, flight engineer, share smiles...
The outboard pylon load fixture is secured for the F/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent...
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits on a ramp at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale,...
NASA test pilot Nils Larson lowers the canopy of the X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft during ground tests at...
Cathy Bahm, Low Boom Flight Demonstrator project manager at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards,...
NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Director Brad Flick smiles as members of the DC-8 team gather and exchange...
The DC-8 aircraft returned to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703 in Palmdale, California, on April...
A block of aluminum is transformed by a machine programmed to cut, rotate, and turn it to make a forward wing strut...
Members of past science missions pose together in front of the DC-8 aircraft’s left engine turbine at NASA’s...
One of multiple NASA distributed sensing ground nodes is set up in the foreground while an experimental air taxi...
An F/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River, Maryland, is moved from NASA’s Armstrong...
Jose Vasquez programed a machine to cut, rotate and turn a block of steel to form a jury strut adaptor for a 10-foot...
The horizontal tail is under test load on a F/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River,...
Jose Vasquez uses a machine to cut, rotate and turn a block of aluminum to make a forward wing strut fastener for a...
The load pad bonding process for the vertical tails was a preliminary step in the process to test the F/A-18E from...
This left-side view shows an F/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River, Maryland. The...
A NASA Gulfstream G-III aircraft lifts off from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on...
The DC-8 aircraft returned to NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703 in Palmdale, California, on April...
From left, Dominic Barela and Lucas Oramas review a drawing for installing the wing load test fixturing on a F/A-18E...
From left, Wayne Ringelberg, chief pilot at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is...
This rear view shows an F/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River, Maryland. The...
A top view shows the wing loading test configuration and testing area of an F/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems...
Cathy Bahm, Low Boom Flight Demonstrator project manager at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards,...