| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | NASA 802 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vought F8U Crusader |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vought F8U/F-8 Crusader |
| Aircraft Version: | Vought F-8C Crusader |
| C/n (msn): | 373 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Unit Markings: | Hugh L Dryden Flight Research Center |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Edwards - AFBMap |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KEDW IATA: EDW Local: EDW Other: - |
| Photo Date: | October 1979 |
| Photo by: | Richard Vandervord |
| Photo ID: | 19362 |
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The former USN BuNo 145546 was converted for digital fly-by-wire flight control testing, using equipment designed for the Apollo spacecraft. Made 210 experimental flights from 1972 to 1985 and now one of the aircraft displayed at the entrance to NASA Dryden This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 18 November 2017, and has since been viewed 737 times. |