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56-6671. This plane first flew on 28 June 1964, reaching a maximum speed of 7,274 km/h (4,520 m.p.h., 2,021 m/s). in October 1967, flown by William "Pete" Knight of the U.S. Air Force.
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N808NA. This B-57 is ex-USAF 52-1576, she spent most of her career with NASA, assigned to the Lewis, Langley, then Dryden Flight Research Facilities. Before retirement she was used for turbulence testing.
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57-0008. “Balls 8”. Modified as a drop ship from its original configuration as an RB-52B. It made its first flight 11 June 1955 and was reassigned from SAC to Edwards Air Force Base to support NASA flight testing operations
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905. Space Shuttle Enterprise carried atop NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 905
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71-0290. NASA 837 is equipped with close-coupled canards made from F/A-18 horizontal stabilizers. It is the Intelligent Flight Control System (IFCS) flight research project testbed aircraft. Photo Joe Cupido