Friday, November 30, 2012 I was very happy to discover the image
gallery of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. It contains
images covering the last sixty years or more of aviation
research, including some of the most iconic aircraft in aviation
history. Most are available in high resolution, making them
perfect for computer wallpaper or large-scale printing. Here are
just three examples out of many in the archive. All have been
reduced in size to fit here. A US Navy P2B-1S (a Navy
designation for the USAF's B-29 Superfortress) launches a
Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket in the late 1940's or early 1950's.
(The image's source page, with more information, may be found
here.) The Lunar Landing Research Vehicle flies at Dryden on
January 11th, 1967. (Image source page here.) A Vought F-8A
Crusader fitted with an experimental supercritical wing flies on
January 10th, 1973. (Image source page here.) There are many
more images at the link. It's an outstanding collection for
aviation history buffs.