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Tails and Winglets
12 photo records with images.
Illustration of the same aircraft family; variant may differ
Boeing 757-224
Continental Airlines
Photo: Miroslav PribilovicBelfast - International (Aldergrove) (BFS / EGAA) · May 22, 2007
Original record: Boeing 757-2G7 · America West Airlines · Phoenix - Sky Harbor International (PHX / KPHX)
Illustration of the same aircraft family; variant may differ
Boeing 727-223/Adv
Aeromar
Photo: Augusto J. Peña C.Miami - International (MIA / KMIA) · March 30, 1999
Original record: Boeing 727-223(F) · US Postal Service · Goodyear - Phoenix / Goodyear (Litchfield Municipal) (GYR)
Illustration of the same aircraft family; variant may differ
McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
Lufthansa
Photo: Konstantin von WedelstaedtFrankfurt - Main (Rhein-Main AFB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF) · August 30, 2003
Original record: McDonnell Douglas MD-11(F) · Gemini Air Cargo · Brussels - National (Zaventem) / Melsbroek (BRU / EBBR / EBMB)
Wispy clouds are illuminated by a bright quarter moon behind the tail of NASA's SOFIA flying observatory during telescope characterization tes…
Photo: NASA/Tom Tschida · NASA media usage guidelines
The KC-135 with the winglets in flight over the San Gabriel mountains, south of Edwards AFB
Photo: NASA · NASA media usage guidelines
During the 1970s, the focus at Dryden shifted from high-speed and high-altitude flight to incremental improvements in technology and aircraft eff…
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A chase plane view of the tufts on the KC-135 winglet
Photo: NASA · NASA media usage guidelines
The HiMAT (Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology) subscale research vehicle, seen here during a research flight, was flown by the NASA Dryden F…
Photo: NASA · NASA media usage guidelines
The HiMAT (Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology) subscale research vehicle, seen here after landing to conclude a research flight, was flown b…
Photo: NASA · NASA media usage guidelines
The HiMAT (Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology) subscale research vehicle, seen here during a research flight, was flown by the NASA Dryden F…
Photo: NASA · NASA media usage guidelines
The HiMAT (Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology) subscale research vehicle, seen here during a research flight, was flown by the NASA Dryden F…
Photo: NASA · NASA media usage guidelines
The G-IV joins NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center’s fleet of airborne science aircraft
Photo: NASA/Carla Thomas · NASA media usage guidelines