A North American XP-51 Mustang photographed shortly after arrival at Langley. (NASA/Langley Research Center Photograph.)
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The sole Curtiss XP-42 prototype — modified from a Curtiss P-36A Hawk — photographed while being used for stabilator tests at Langley Field. (NASA Photograph.)
The prototype Brewster XSBA-1 scout-bomber awaits flight testing at the NACA Langley Research Center, Virginia in May 1943. (NASA Photograph.)
A Japanese Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero fighter captured at Akutan Island, Alaska in 1942 and sent to Langley Field for installation of flight test equipment. (Official NASA Photograph.)
Curtiss XP-42 prototype created from a P-36A with a extended, streamlined nose. (NASA Photograph.)
A Curtiss CW-24B is tested in the 30×60 wind tunnel at Langley Aeronautical Laboratory in Hampton, Virginia in 1942. (NASA Langley Research Center Photograph.)
A Martin RA-30 Baltimore light bomber used by NACA from June 1943 until March 1944 at Langley. (NASA Photograph.)
A Culver PQ-14B target drone photographed at NASA Langley in February 1945. (NASA Photograph.)
The Curtiss XP-40 Warhawk fighter undergoes drag-reduction testing in the full-scale wind tunnel at Langley Research Center in 1939. (NASA Photograph.)
A full-scale model of the Vought SB2U-1 Vindicator is used in drag reduction research in Langley’s 30 x 60 Full Scale Tunnel in September 1937. (NASA Photograph.)