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Apex high-altitude research sailplane mock-up
Computer generated image of Apex high-altitude research sailplane in flight
NASA Dryden aerospace engineer Michael Allen hand-launches a model motorized sailplane during a study validating the...
A NASA model motorized sailplane catches a thermal during one of 17 flights to demonstrate that updrafts can extend...
A NASA remote-controlled model motorized sailplane lies over Rogers Dry Lake to test the theory that catching heat...
This photo shows NASA's PIK-20E motor-glider sailplane during a research flight from the Ames-Dryden Flight Research...
Apex wing section undergoing loading test preparation by Mark Nunnelee and Eliseo Sanchez
Apex wing section undergoing loading test.
The Hyper III was a low-cost test vehicle for an advanced lifting-body shape. Like the earlier M2-F1, it was a...
NASA's YO-3A parked on the Dryden ramp.
Nils Larson is a research pilot in the Flight Crew Branch of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif....