21st Century Complete Guide to Dryden NASA Flight Research Center, Flight Research Projects, X-1, X-15, X-37, X-45, Research Aircraft, Lifting Bodies, ... Career in Aviation and Space (CD-ROM)

This up-to-date and comprehensive CD-ROM provides full coverage of the amazing achievements and fascinating work at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) located at Edwards Air Force Base in California, with information on historic flight research aircraft, X-Planes; and the history of flight research. DFRC is NASA's primary installation for flight research. Projects at Dryden over the past 50 years have led to major advancements in the design and capabilities of many civilian and military aircraft. Dryden History coverage includes extensive dramatic aircraft photography and imagery; Biographies of Directors and Research Pilots; Publications; Speeches; Historic Aircraft; History of Flight; Milestones in DFRC History; Dryden Fact Sheets about the research projects, facilities, people, and history of the DFRC; Dryden News Releases 1994 through 2003; Dryden Research Update; Dryden X-Press Newspaper 1994 through 2003

Dryden History publications include: Hugh L. Dryden's Career in Aviation and Space; Flight Research: Problems Encountered and What They Should Teach Us; A History of Suction-Type Laminar Flow Control with Emphasis on Flight Research; Black Magic and Gremlins: Analog Flight Simulations at NASA's Flight Research Center; Computers Take Flight; The Eclipse Project; Touchdown: The Development of Propulsion Controlled Aircraft at NASA Dryden; Toward Mach 2: The Douglas D-558 Program; X-1 Research Airplane; X-Planes Project Overview; A History of the X-15; Lifting Bodies.

Dryden Flight Research Projects coverage includes Active Aeroelastic Wing (AAW); Airborne Science Program; DC-8 Flying Science Laboratory; ER-2 High-Altitude Science Aircraft; Aircraft Cabin Turbulence Warning Experiment; Automated Aerial Refueling; Beamed Power Research; B-52 Heavy-lift Airborne Launch Aircraft; Environmental Research and Sensor Technology; Altair Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology Demonstrator; Helios Prototype Solar-Powered Aircraft; F-15B Research Testbed; Flight Research & Technology Base; Intelligent Flight Control System; X-37 Experimental Spaceplane Technology Demonstrator; X-43 Hyper-X Hypersonic Research Aircraft; X-45 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle; Past Flight Research Projects

Dryden Research Facilities coverage includes Walter C. Williams Research Aircraft Integration Facility (RAIF); Western Aeronautical Test Range (WATR); Flight Loads Laboratory (FLL). Dryden Education coverage includes Mission Statement; Programs and Projects; Resources for Educators; Resources for Students; Resources for Informal Education Community; NASA Dryden Educator Resource Center; Aerospace Education Services Program (ASEP); NASA Aerospace Careers; Mathematics, Science and Technology Awards for Teacher and Curriculum Enhancement Program (MASTAP); NASA Educational Workshops. About Dryden coverage includes Center Director; Mission Statement; Mission Elements; Information Services; Flight Research Milestones 1946 through 2002; Maps.

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