NASA Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration, Dryden history gallery
Summary
EC03-0229-6 In a role-reversal, Northrop Grumman Corp.'s modified F-5E Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration SSBD aircraft flies off the wing of NASA's F-15B Research testbed aircraft. The F-15B, from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, flew in the supersonic shockwave of the F-5E as part of the SSBD project. Following the two aircraft is an unmodified U.S. Navy F-5E used for baseline sonic boom measurements. August 25, 2003 NASA Photo / Carla Thomas
NASA Identifier: 336417main_EC03-0229-6
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Date
12/05/2010
Location
Armstrong Flight Research Center, 34.95855, -117.89067
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Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
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