Keywords: NASA F-18A Hornet HARV in flight.jpg en A McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A-2-MC Hornet BuNo 160780 in flight This aircraft was transferred to NASA as 840 U S civil registration N840NA in 1985 It was used from 1987 to 1996 as a High Alpha Research Vehicle HARV with thrust-vectoring vanes research flight control system and forward fuselage strakes http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 55578 2011 003 304 005 between 1987 1996 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy High Alpha Research Vehicle Aerial photographs of aircraft in flight |