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Stoppable rotors

Here is a look at a Wind Tunnel Test of Stoppable Rotors in Ames 40x80ft Wind Tunnel in 1967, it almost looks like a model of a SeaSprite. #nasa #windtunnel #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

SRB assembly

Here is a look inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) with the Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB) stacked on the Mobile Launcher Platform. This was in preparation for the Space Shuttle Discovery OV-103 Return to Flight mission STS-114 in 2005. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

NASA 717

Check out newly arrived DC-8 (NASA-717) in flight over Ames in 1988, she flew for NASA till 2024. #dc8 #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

X-Wing at NASA

Did you know NASA had an X-Wing, no not the Star Wars version. Here is the final configuration of RSRA NASA-740 in 1987. The RSRA could be configured to fly as an airplane with fixed wings, as a helicopter, or as a compound vehicle that could transition between the two configurations. #rsra #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

747 with a belly pod

Did you know a study was conducted exploring the possibility of having a large external pod mounted underneath a 747-200? #747 #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Two Space Shuttles ready to go

The last time Space Shuttles were at pads 39A and B at the same time. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

NASA 740 with a rotor

Another look at RSRA NASA-740 in flight out of Ames over east foothill of the Silicon Valley, CA in 1982. A later experiment involved the "X-Wing" system, a rigid rotor that could be stopped in flight and function as an X-shaped fixed wing. #rsra #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Deep Stall Model

A look back to 1966 with the deep stall model in the Ames 40x80 foot wind tunnel, it was a swept wing jet transport with t-tail and aft engines, looks remarkably like a…? #ttail #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

RSRA in flight

Here is RSRA NASA-740 during a fixed wing ferry flight from NASA Dryden at Edwards Air Force Base in 1984. Note the main rotor was removed. #rsra #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari