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X-15 #2 just after launch. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

X-15 #2 just after launch. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

Description: The X-15 #2 (56-6671) launches away from the B-52 mothership with its rocket engine ignited. The white patches near the middle of the ship are frost from the liquid oxygen used in the propulsion sy... More

Double the pilots, double the trouble

Double the pilots, double the trouble

Description: (1920) Goggles at the ready, this Langley test pilot and engineer conducted research business high above the ground. In the early years, the flight research team was usually made up of a test pilot... More

National Air Races, from 1928 through 1939

National Air Races, from 1928 through 1939

Cliff Henderson Collection image. Clifford "Cliff" Henderson (1896-1984) was one of the early organizers of the National Air Races, and managed the races from 1928 through 1939. Please tag these images so that... More

aahs_p002010, US Navy Photogrpah

aahs_p002010, US Navy Photogrpah

Tex Johnston Bell L-39 Projec t Test Pilot Public domain photograph related to airlines, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

First NACA test pilot: Howard Clifton Lilly

First NACA test pilot: Howard Clifton Lilly

Description: (1949) In August 1947, Howard Clifton Lilly became the first permanently assigned NACA engineering test pilot at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics' Muroc Flight Test Unit at what late... More

Pilot Neil Armstrong in the X-15 #1 cockpit

Pilot Neil Armstrong in the X-15 #1 cockpit

Description (1961) NASA pilot Neil Armstrong is seen here in the cockpit of the X-15 ship #1 (56-6670) after a research flight. ..A U.S. Navy pilot in the Korean War who flew 78 combat missions in F9F-2 jet fig... More

Congratulations. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.

Congratulations. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.

Description (February 1964) photograph by NASA photographer Lee Jones. .Ames Test Pilot Fred Drinkwater congratulating Neil Armstrong on his first lunar hovering in the Ames Bell X-14 airplane at NASA's Ames Re... More

Armstrong in NASA Ames' Bell X-14

Armstrong in NASA Ames' Bell X-14

Description (February 1964) photograph by NASA photographer Lee Jones. .Neil Armstrong in cockpit of the Ames Bell X-14 airplane at NASA's Ames Research Center...Image # A-32136-4

Astronaut Andy Thomas (left) greets 100-year-old Captain Ralph Charles, one of the VIPs attending the launch of STS-99. Charles also met NASA Administrator Dan Goldin. An aviator who has the distinction of being the oldest licensed pilot in the United States, Charles is still flying. He has experienced nearly a century of flight history, from the Wright Brothers to the Space Program. He took flying lessons from one of the first fliers trained by Orville Wright, first repaired then built airplanes, went barnstorming, operated a charter service in the Caribbean, and worked as a test pilot for the Curtiss Wright Airplane Co. Charles watches all the Shuttle launches from his home in Ohio and his greatest wish is to be able to watch one in person from KSC KSC-00pp0141

Astronaut Andy Thomas (left) greets 100-year-old Captain Ralph Charles...

Astronaut Andy Thomas (left) greets 100-year-old Captain Ralph Charles, one of the VIPs attending the launch of STS-99. Charles also met NASA Administrator Dan Goldin. An aviator who has the distinction of bein... More

Among the VIPs attending the launch of STS-99 is Captain Ralph Charles (left), standing next to NASA Administrator Dan Goldin. Charles hopes to have his wish fulfilled of watching a Shuttle launch in person. The 100-year-old aviator has experienced nearly a century of flight history, from the Wright Brothers to the Space Program. He took flying lessons from one of the first fliers trained by Orville Wright, first repaired then built airplanes, went barnstorming, operated a charter service in the Caribbean, and worked as a test pilot for the Curtiss Wright Airplane Co. Charles is the oldest licensed pilot in the United States, and is still flying KSC-00pp0140

Among the VIPs attending the launch of STS-99 is Captain Ralph Charles...

Among the VIPs attending the launch of STS-99 is Captain Ralph Charles (left), standing next to NASA Administrator Dan Goldin. Charles hopes to have his wish fulfilled of watching a Shuttle launch in person. Th... More

Astronaut Andy Thomas (left) greets 100-year-old Captain Ralph Charles, one of the VIPs attending the launch of STS-99. Charles also met NASA Administrator Dan Goldin. An aviator who has the distinction of being the oldest licensed pilot in the United States, Charles is still flying. He has experienced nearly a century of flight history, from the Wright Brothers to the Space Program. He took flying lessons from one of the first fliers trained by Orville Wright, first repaired then built airplanes, went barnstorming, operated a charter service in the Caribbean, and worked as a test pilot for the Curtiss Wright Airplane Co. Charles watches all the Shuttle launches from his home in Ohio and his greatest wish is to be able to watch one in person from KSC KSC00pp0141

Astronaut Andy Thomas (left) greets 100-year-old Captain Ralph Charles...

Astronaut Andy Thomas (left) greets 100-year-old Captain Ralph Charles, one of the VIPs attending the launch of STS-99. Charles also met NASA Administrator Dan Goldin. An aviator who has the distinction of bein... More

#3 C-34, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

#3 C-34, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

From the Mort Brown Special Collection..Mort Brown was a chief test pilot for Cessna from 1937-1972. He was responsible for most of Cessna's production flight tests. He personally flew the first hour(s) on ov... More

C-34 with belly flaps, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

C-34 with belly flaps, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

From the Mort Brown Special Collection..Mort Brown was a chief test pilot for Cessna from 1937-1972. He was responsible for most of Cessna's production flight tests. He personally flew the first hour(s) on ov... More

C-34, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

C-34, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

From the Mort Brown Special Collection..Mort Brown was a chief test pilot for Cessna from 1937-1972. He was responsible for most of Cessna's production flight tests. He personally flew the first hour(s) on ov... More

C-34, 1938 in Denver, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

C-34, 1938 in Denver, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

From the Mort Brown Special Collection..Mort Brown was a chief test pilot for Cessna from 1937-1972. He was responsible for most of Cessna's production flight tests. He personally flew the first hour(s) on ov... More

Gus Grissom [L] and Milt Thompson with Parasev vehicle [NASA E8937 via RJF]

Gus Grissom [L] and Milt Thompson with Parasev vehicle [NASA E8937 via...

PictionID:43263293 - Title:Gus Grissom [L] and Milt Thompson with Parasev vehicle [NASA E8937 via RJF] - Catalog:17_000306 - Filename:17_000306.tif - ---------Image from the René Francillon Photo Archive. Havin... More