A North American XP-51 Mustang photographed at Langley in September 1943. (NASA Photograph.)
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A British Hawker Hurricane IIA fighter was used for evaluation of stability and flight control at NACA Langley Research Center, Virginia. (NASA Photograph.)
F-51D Mustang at Rogers Dry Lake at the NACA High-Speed Flight Station in 1955. (NASA Photograph.)
A Grumman JRF-5 Goose amphibious aircraft used by NACA to transport workers between Langley and Wallops Island. (NASA Photograph.)
Grumman XF6F-4 Hellcat: This Grumman XF6F-4 Hellcat tested while at Langley a turbo-supercharger, rather than a gear-driven supercharger as was the norm with the F6F. This aircraft served with the NACA for almost one year...
P-47 Thunderbolt radial engine. (NASA Photograph.)
A Seversky P-35 used for NACA research at the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory at Hampton, Virginia, August 1939. (NASA Langley Research Center Photograph.)