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| Keywords: P-51 Mustang on Lakebed DVIDS702466.jpg en This photograph shows a NACA research pilot running up the engine of the F-51 Mustang on the taxiway adjacent to Rogers Dry Lake at the NACA High-Speed Flight Station in 1955 A P-51 Mustang redesignated an F-51 Mustang was transferred from the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory to the NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station now the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California in 1950 The P-51 Mustang was the first aircraft to employ the NACA laminar-flow airfoil design and could dive to around Mach number 0 8 As an F-51 it was used as a proficiency aircraft at the High Speed Flight Station A North American P-51Mustang the P meaning pursuit redesignated as an F-51 Mustang with the F standing for fighter was transferred to the NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station HSFRS Edwards California from the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory Hampton Virginia in 1950 This aircraft had been used in wing-flow research at Langley prior to its transfer The NACA was the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics a predecessor of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA The HSFRS was a predecessor of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center and Langley Aeronautical Laboratory became NASA's Langley Research Center The P-51 was the first aircraft to employ the NACA laminar-flow airfoil design and could dive to a speed of roughly Mach 0 8 As an F-51 Fighter instead of a P-51 pursuit aircraft the aircraft was used as a proficiency aircraft at HSFRS Records show that the aircraft was also used as a chase and support aircraft 395 times Neil Armstrong was among the pilots using it to chase some of the X-planes that is provide safety support The P-51 was retired in 1959 as the result of a taxiing mishap NASA Identifier NIX-E55-2078 2009-09-23 Glenn Research Center https //www dvidshub net/image/702466 702466 2012-10-10 15 06 WASHINGTON DC US PD-USGov Aircraft at Rogers Dry Lake Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ P-51D Mustang Aircraft of NACA | ||||
