experimentalflight
525 photos and 2 illustrations tagged experimentalflight, from 6 members of Flickr Commons.
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- aircraft
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- x13vertijet
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Recent uploads
The last upload was 12 August.
First JATO assisted Flight from NASA on The Commons uploaded 12 August
X-15 contrail after launch from NASA on The Commons uploaded 1 July
Experimental Low-Drag Test Panel on Douglas B-18 from NASA on The Commons uploaded 11 June
Armstrong in NASA Ames' Bell X-14 from NASA on The Commons uploaded February 2026
X-1E Loaded in B-29 Mothership on Ramp from NASA on The Commons uploaded January 2026
Vertol VZ-2 (Model 76) from NASA on The Commons uploaded December 2025
Pilot Neil Armstrong in the X-15 #1 cockpit from NASA on The Commons uploaded August 2025
X-15 #2 just after launch from NASA on The Commons uploaded June 2025
26_0018972 Rohr Collection Image from SDASM Archives uploaded May 2025
X-15 pilots clown around from NASA on The Commons uploaded November 2024
X-3 on Lakebed from NASA on The Commons uploaded October 2024
NACA Aircraft on Ramp: X-Planes from NASA on The Commons uploaded August 2024
D-558-2 being mounted to P2B-1S launch aircraft in hangar from NASA on The Commons uploaded May 2024
"Little Joe" from NASA on The Commons uploaded April 2024
Congratulations from NASA on The Commons uploaded February 2024
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Standing left to right alongside of Bell XS-1 are: Captain Charles E. Yeager, Major Gus Lundquist and Captain James Fitzgerald (LOC)
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Terrence E McKnight said:
Great pic. Haven’t seen this one in the Glamorous Glennis lineup before! 👍
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Hanna (LOC P&P) said:
On September 18, 1947, the National Security Act of 1947 created the United States Air Force (USAF) as a separate military branch. The USAF traces its roots to the early 1900s and the United States Army and the Aeronautical Division of the Signal Corps. One month later, Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager would break the sound barrier flying the Bell X-1, which he named "Glamourous Glennis" after his wife.
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CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY said:
I met Chuck Yeager in the wee hours of the morning at Burbank Airport, in an FBO. He and I were the only two people there. That was Saturday, February 8, 1986, when he piloted a Piper Cheyenne 400 LS from Burbank Airport to La Guardia Airport in New York in 5 hours, 23 minutes. The man I met was a very approachable, humble guy. I wished him luck, as we parted.
Mark Irwin Special Collection Photo
from SDASM Archives
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Dear San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives! First of all, thank you for making this awesome photo! As a creator of SpotterLead I would like to let you know that our automated algorithm has chosen this photo to be displayed on one of our flight search pages: spotterlead.net/flights/AA6181/2018-05-07. This photo might also appear on other pages which are alike this one. Thank you for publishing your photo under Non-Restrictive license and by this contributing your creativity to build a more equitable, accessible, and innovative world. Don't worry: all the credits to your photo as well as link to original are published on the page(s) in accordance with the license. You might also get more notifications like this, if more of your photos will be selected by our algorithm. If, for some reason, you don't feel comfortable with your photo being displayed on this site, please feel free to contact me. Have a good day!