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NASA Dryden's T-38 Talon trainer aircraft in flight near Edwards Air Force Base. |
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ED06-0072-4 |
| Photo Date: |
May 5, 2006 |
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640x586 JPEG Image (112 KBytes)
1280x1171 JPEG Image (373 KBytes)
3000x2744 JPEG Image (1987 KBytes)
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NASA Dryden's T-38 Talon trainer aircraft in flight near Edwards Air Force Base. Formerly at NASA's Langley Research Center, this Northrop T-38 Talon is now used for mission support and pilot proficiency at the Dryden Flight Research Center. |
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Formerly assigned to NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., the T-38 aircraft had supported various aeronautics research projects there for a number of years. The aircraft is used by NASA Dryden's research pilots for proficiency and mission support flights. Dryden operated two T-38s for a number of years, replacing them with newer F-18s. However, the cost of maintaining and operating the F-18s make the fuel-friendly, lower maintenance T-38 an attractive addition to Dryden's fleet. NASA has also operated a small fleet of T-38s for pilot proficiency and training for astronauts at the Johnson Space Center in Texas since the mid-1960s. |
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| NASA Photo by: |
Jim Ross |
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| Keywords: |
T-38, Talon, mission support aircraft |
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