Watch F-15A Eagle taking off with an F-104 chase plane
U.S. Air Force F-15A Eagle taking off with an F-104 chase plane, c. 1976. NASA used the F-15A as a test bed to evaluate thermal protection tiles for the space shuttle.
NASA/Dryden Research Aircraft Movie Collection
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Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, MainzLearn about Chile's wine industry.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Johannes Gutenberg invented one of the first printing presses using movable type.Media Editor: Miranda Chabot
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NASA/Dryden Research Aircraft Movie CollectionA U.S. Air Force KC-135A Stratotanker taking off during a test of experimental winglets, mid-1970s.
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NASA/Dryden Research Aircraft Movie CollectionTesting in 1953 of the B-47A Stratojet, a version of the swept-wing bomber built by the Boeing Company. B-47s formed the core of the U.S. Air Force's Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the 1950s and early '60s.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.The world's first military airplane is demonstrated for the U.S. Army in 1909 by Orville Wright, shown here climbing into the pilot's seat. Wright and Lieutenant Frank Purdy Lahm are catapulted down a rail and launched into the air. The machine circles the field for 1 hour 12 minutes, setting a new world's record for time aloft with pilot and passenger.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Learn about seven of the largest things that ever took flight.
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Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, MainzA Boeing 747 undergoing a D-check, an extensive maintenance inspection in which much of the aircraft is disassembled and examined.
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