| Aircraft |
Research Program |
Flight Dates |
#Movies |
| 60th Anniversary |
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60th Anniversary Short Clip |
1946 - 2006 |
2 |
| 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) |
 |
747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) Ferry flights |
1981 - present |
3 |
| AD-1 (Historical) |
 |
Oblique Wing Research Aircraft |
1977 |
3 |
| Airborne Science Aircraft |
 |
Airborne Science Research |
1997 - present |
2 |
| Altair |
 |
Remotely piloted, high altitude Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle (UAV) |
2003 - present |
6 |
| APV-3 NUAVT |
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APV-3 Networked UAV Teaming Experiment |
2005 |
1 |
Approach & Landing Tests
(ALT) (Historical) |
 |
Space Shuttle (STS) landing research |
1977 - 1978 |
3 |
Automated Aerial Refueling
(AAR) (Historical) |
 |
Automated Aerial Refueling (AAR) |
2002 - 2003 |
1 |
| Autonomous Soaring Project |
 |
Thermal Lift Tests to Extend UAV Flight Range and Endurance |
2005 |
1 |
| B-47 (Historical) |
 |
Landing Drag Chute Study and Dynamic
Response Research |
1953 - 1957 |
1 |
| B-52 (Historical) |
 |
Air Drop Mothership |
1959 - 2004 |
5 |
| Boeing 747 |
 |
Wing Tip Vortex Test |
1974, 1979 |
1 |
| C-5A Galaxy |
 |
Wing Vortice tests |
Circa 1980 |
1 |
| C-17 Globemaster III |
 |
Noise Mitigation Flight Test |
2003 - present |
4 |
| Centurion (Historical) |
 |
Solar-Powered High-Altitude Aircraft |
1998 |
1 |
| CID (Historical) |
 |
Controlled Impact Demonstration |
1984 |
3 |
| CV-990 (Historical) |
 |
Landing Systems Research Aircraft (LSRA) |
1993 - 1995 |
1 |
| DC-8 (Historical) |
 |
Airborne Laboratory |
1997 - 2005 |
15 |
| D-558-1 Skystreak (Historical) |
 |
Transonic Flight Research |
1947 - 1953 |
5 |
| D-558-2 (Historical) |
 |
Transonic and Supersonic Flight with
Swept-Wing Aircraft |
1949 - 1956 |
6 |
| E-2C |
 |
Loads Lab weight tests for planned modifications |
2005 |
1 |
| Eclipse (Historical) |
 |
Towed Air Launch Aircraft |
1997 - 1998 |
4 |
| Electra (Historical) |
 |
Air Turbulence Detection |
1999 |
3 |
| ER-2 |
|
High Altitude Research |
1997 - present |
3 |
| F-8 DFBW (Historical) |
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Digital Fly-By-Wire Research Vehicle |
1972 - 1985 |
3 |
| F-8 SCW (Historical) |
 |
SCW - Supercritical Wing |
1971 - 1973 |
1 |
| F-14 Tomcat (Historical) |
 |
Variable Sweep Transition flight experiment |
1986 - 1987 |
2 |
| F-15A (Historical) |
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Flight and Spin Research |
1973 - 1981 |
8 |
| F-15B |
 |
F-15B #836 Research Testbed Aircraft |
1993 - present |
3 |
| F-15 IFCS |
 |
F-15 #837 Intelligent Flight Control System |
2002 - 2009 |
5 |
| F-16 AFTI (Historical) |
 |
Advanced Fighter Technology Integration |
1983 - 1997 |
1 |
| F-16XL (Historical) |
 |
Supersonic Laminar Flow |
1992 - 1996 |
4 |
| F-18 Hornet |
 |
AAW - Active Aeroelastic Wing Research |
2001 - present |
4 |
 |
AFF - Autonomous Formation Flight (Historical) |
2000 - 2001 |
2 |
 |
HARV - High Alpha Research Aircraft
(Historical) |
1987 - 1997 |
3 |
 |
Mission Support Aircraft |
1990 - present |
2 |
| F-104 Starfighter (Historical) |
 |
F-104 Starfighter |
1956 - 1993 |
1 |
| F-111 TACT (Historical) |
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F-111 TACT |
1972 - 1984 |
6 |
| Facilities (Historical) |
 |
Dryden High-Speed Flight Research Station |
1950s |
3 |
| Fleet (Historical) |
 |
Dryden Aircraft Fleet movies |
1950s - 1970 |
2 |
| FVF (Historical) |
 |
Flow Visualization Facility |
1985 - mid 1990s |
1 |
| Gossamer Albatross |
 |
Human powered aircraft |
1980 |
1 |
| Global Hawk |
 |
Global Hawk |
2007 - present |
5 |
| Gulfstream III |
 |
General project support aircraft |
2002 - present |
6 |
| HL-10 (Historical) |
 |
Lifting Body Research Vehicle |
1966 - 1970 |
4 |
| Helios |
 |
Solar-Powered High-Altitude Aircraft |
1999 - 2003 |
7 |
| Hyper III (Historical) |
 |
Lifting Body Research Vehicle |
1969 |
2 |
| Ikhana |
 |
Long-endurance, high-altitude unmanned research aircraft |
2007 |
4 |
| Inflatable Wing (Historical) |
 |
Inflatable Wing Technology Demonstrator |
2001 |
2 |
| Iron Cross Simulator (Historical) |
 |
Aircraft Reaction Control System |
1956 |
1 |
| JetStar (Historical) |
 |
General Purpose Airborne Simulator (GPAS) |
1963 - 1988 |
2 |
| KC-135A (Historical) |
 |
Evaluate capabilities of jet aircraft in air traffic
control system and Winglet Study |
1958 and 1979 |
2 |
| L-1011 (Historical) |
 |
Wing Vortex Study |
1977 |
1 |
Linear Aerospike SR-71
Experiment (LASRE) (Historical) |
 |
Test Fly Linear Aerospike Engine |
1996 - 1997 |
2 |
| LLRV (Historical) |
 |
Lunar Lander Research Vehicle |
1964 - 1969 |
5 |
| M2-F1 (Historical) |
 |
Lifting Body Research Aircraft |
1963 - 1964 |
4 |
| M2-F2 (Historical) |
 |
Lifting Body Research Aircraft |
1966 - 1967 |
5 |
| M2-F3 (Historical) |
|
Lifting Body Research Aircraft |
1970 - 1972 |
2 |
| Mars Rover |
 |
Mars Exploration Rover tests on Rogers Dry Lake |
2003 |
4 |
| Mini-Sniffer (Historical) |
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Air sample gathering |
1974 - 1977 |
3 |
| Miscellaneous |
 |
Centennial of Flight mural, Edwards 2005 Air Show |
2003 |
2 |
| Orion Crew Module |
 |
Orion Crew Module |
2007 - present |
9 |
| PA-30 TwinComanche (Historical) |
 |
Rugged workhorse in a variety of general aviation research projects |
1979 - 1980 |
1 |
|
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| Paresev (Historical) |
 |
Parawing Research |
1962 - 1964 |
3 |
|
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| Parawing (Historical) |
 |
Parawing Research |
1969 |
1 |
| Pathfinder (Historical) |
 |
Solar-Powered High-Altitude Aircraft |
1995 - 1998 |
13 |
| Pegasus (Historical) |
 |
Air-launched space booster |
1989 - 1994 |
2 |
Pegasus Hypersonic Experiments
(PHYSX) (Historical) |
 |
Hypersonic Flight Research |
1994 - 1998 |
2 |
| People |
 |
NASA Dryden People and Visitors |
2004 - current |
7 |
| PIK-20E (Historical) |
 |
Sailplane Research Aircraft - airflow over lifting
surfaces |
1981 - 1991 |
1 |
| Power-Beaming |
 |
Continuous flight using beamed laser energy |
2002 - present |
2 |
| Proteus |
 |
Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology |
1999 - present |
3 |
| SOFIA |
 |
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy |
2007 - present |
22 |
| SR-71 (Historical) |
 |
High Speed Research |
1990s |
7 |
| STS (Space Shuttle) |
 |
Space Transportation System |
1977 - present |
33 |
| Theseus (Historical) |
 |
Remotely Piloted Vehicle |
1996 |
1 |
| TU-144LL (Historical) |
 |
Russian high speed supersonic transport research |
1996 - 1999 |
2 |
| X-1 (Historical) |
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Rocket Powered Supersonic Research Aircraft |
1946 - mid 1950s |
7 |
| X-2 (Historical) |
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Rocket Powered Supersonic Research Aircraft |
1955 - 1956 |
3 |
| X-3 (Historical) |
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Sustained flight at Mach 2+, low aspect ratio wings, titanium construction |
1953 - 1956 |
2 |
| X-4 (Historical) |
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X-4 Bantam Research Aircraft |
1950 - 1953 |
1 |
| X-5 (Historical) |
 |
Variable sweep wings |
1952 - 1955 |
1 |
| X-15 (Historical) |
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Rocket Powered Hypersonic Research Aircraft |
1959 - 1968 |
19 |
| X-24A (Historical) |
 |
Lifting Body Research Aircraft |
1968 - 1971 |
4 |
| X-24B (Historical) |
 |
Lifting Body Research Aircraft |
1972 - 1975 |
5 |
| X-29 (Historical) |
 |
Forward Swept Wing Research Aircraft |
1984 - 1992 |
6 |
| X-31 (Historical) |
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Enhanced Maneuverability Research Aircraft |
1992 - 1995 |
10 |
| X-33 (Historical) |
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Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator |
1996 - 1999 |
5 |
| X-38 (Historical) |
 |
Crew Return Vehicle Technology Demonstrator |
1996 - 2001 |
9 |
| X-40A |
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Space Maneuvering Vehicle Demonstrator |
1996-2001 |
7 |
| X-43A / Hyper-X |
 |
Hypersonic Scramjet Research Vehicle |
1996 - present |
15 |
| X-45A |
 |
X-45A Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems
(J-UCAS) |
2001 - present |
5 |
| XB-70A Valkyrie (Historical) |
 |
Supersonic Research Aircraft |
1965 - 1969 |
5 |
| XV-15 (Historical) |
 |
Tilt-rotor Aircraft Research |
1980 - 1981 |
2 |
| YF-12 Blackbird (Historical) |
 |
High-speed, high-altitude research |
1972 - 1979 |
10 |
| YF-17 Cobra (Historical) |
 |
Prototype aircraft (future F18) |
mid 1970s |
1 |
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