Remote Piloted Aircraft

Images of various remotely piloted aircraft and experimental flying vehicles, showcasing aviation technology in different environments.

USA, New Mexico, White Sands Missle Range: Outdoor US MIssle Tactical Display White Sands Missle Range Museum

2007 Bugatti Veyron on an empty road with f-18 jet

A right front view of the B-1B bomber testbed aircraft (originally the No. 2 B-1 prototype) touching down on a runway after a test flight. Country: Unknown

Rear view of a Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw. Also pictured is a the Sikorsky H-5 Dragonfly and a truck.. Rear view of a Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw. Also pictured is a the Sikorsky H-5 Dragonfly and a truck..

110211-N-9782W-051SAN DIEGO (Feb. 11, 2011) A 1911 Curtiss A-1 Triad seaplane from the San Diego Air and Space Museum is on display at Naval Air Station North Island as the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) transits San Diego Bay. The Navy is observing the Centennial of Naval Aviation with a series of nationwide events celebrating 100 years of heritage, progress and achievement in naval aviation.

NASA test pilots Jim Clue” Less and Wayne Ringo” Ringelberg step to the F/A-18 research aircraft at Ellington Field and conduct pre-flight safety checks on the aircraft prior to a supersonic research flight for the QSF18 series.

AF-2, Major Ryan "Gunner" Reinhardt, Pattern Work & Taxi, 28 November 2012

The aircraft (DC-3 Basler) takes off from Concordia's snow-covered runway. Take-off of a Basler at Concordia. The runway is groomed very evenly to minimise the micro-relief on its surface and make it easier for the aircraft to take off. The aircraft are equipped with landing gear allowing them to land alternatively on a hard runway or on snow: retractable skis controlled from the cockpit are fitted to the two front landing gears. Concordia Antarctic Research Station, Dome C plateau, East Antarctica.

Africa, Botswana, Chobe National Park, Linyanti Wildlife Reserve, Linyanti airstrip. Safari jeep taking tourists to waiting airplane. (Editorial Usage Only)

Grumman HU-16 Albatross, twin radial engine amphibious flying boat. Originally designated SA-16. The Albatross was designed to be able to land at sea in open ocean situations in order to effect the rescue of downed pilots. Its deep-V cross-section and substantial length helped make it possible for it to land in wavy conditions. Since it weighs over 12,500 pounds, pilots must have a type rating in order to act as pilot or co-pilot on board the Albatross.

A forklift moving a 55-gallon drum passes under the tail section of a 60th Military Airlift Wing (60th MAW) C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The 60th MAW aircraft brought in supplies and personnel to support Operation Deep Freeze '88. Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE '88 Country: Antarctica (ATA)

S73-25714 (13 May 1973) --- Members of the prime crew of the first manned Skylab Mission (Skylab 2) stand beside a NASA T-38 jet aircraft trainer at nearby Ellington Air Force Base prior to take off for the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. They are (left to right) astronauts Paul J. Weitz, mission pilot; Charles Conrad Jr., commander; and scientist Joseph P. Kerwin, science pilot. The three crewmen have completed their prelaunch training at JSC.

Yellow plane ascending from airfield

Windsocks, Falkland FIGAS aircraft with windsock

A Beech T-34C aircraft used by NASA Dryden Flight Research Center for mission support banks over Lake Isabella in Kern County during a recent flight.

DN-SC-04-09143. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

NASA's single-seat F-16XL makes a drag chute landing at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. The aircraft was most recently used in the Cranked-Arrow Wing Aerodynamics Project (CAWAP) to test boundary layer pressures and distribution.Previously it had been used in a program to investigate the characteristics of sonic booms for NASA's High Speed Research Program. Data from the program will be used in the development of a high speed civilian transport. During the series of sonic boom research flights, the F-16XL was used to probe the shock waves being generated by a NASA SR-71 and record their shape and intensity.

portrait of attractive woman near aircrafts portrait of attractive woman near aircrafts ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/SerhiixPavlovx 6777293 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

The orbiter drag chute deploys after Atlantis touches down on Runway 33 of KSCs Shuttle Landing Facility at the conclusion of the nine-day STS-84 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 9:27:44 EDT on May 24, 1997. The first landing opportunity was waved off because of low cloud cover. It was the 37th landing at KSC since the Shuttle program began in 1981, and the eighth consecutive landing at KSC. STS-84 was the sixth of nine planned dockings of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. Atlantis was docked with the Mir for five days. STS-84 Mission Specialist C. Michael Foale replaced astronaut and Mir 23 crew member Jerry M. Linenger, who has been on the Russian space station since Jan. 15. Linenger returned to Earth on Atlantis with the rest of the STS-84 crew, Mission Commander Charles J. Precourt, Pilot Eileen Marie Collins, and Mission Specialists Carlos I. Noriega, Edward Tsang Lu, Elena V. Kondakova of the Russian Space Agency and JeanFrancois Clervoy of the European S

USA, New Mexico, Alamogordo: International Space Hall of Fame Outdoor Space Park / Museum

Plane flying over a tropical island.

A left side view of an F-111D aircraft in flight. The aircraft is from the 27th Tactical Fighter Wing, involved in exercise Coronet Hammer. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET HAMMER Base: Boscombe Down Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

An air-to-air right side view of an air-launched cruise missile in flight. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Fokker F-27 of 334 Squadron from the Royal Air Force in the flight to Eindhoven for the purpose of use in UN context.

Air to air view of a Military Airlift Command C-141B Starlifter from the 60th Military Airlift Wing flying over the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

NASA test pilot Wayne Ringo” Ringelberg and photographer Carla Thomas prepare to take off for a supersonic research flight in support of the QSF18 campaign off the coast of Texas. NASA photographers and videographers take part in operations to support mission documentation.

Chinese Nanchang airplane flying over a rural desert area.

A fire truck, donated by Salt Lake City, Utah, is driven off the Air Force Reserve C-5 aircraft by Salt Lake City firefighters after arrival in Armenia. The C-5 and its crew delivered a fire truck, ambulance, utility vehicle, food and blankets for the people of Tblisi, Georgia under provisions of the Denton Amendment program. Exact Date Shot Unknown Published in AIRMAN Magazine May 1977. Base: Yerevan Country: Armenia (ARM)

021211-F-8170B-009. Base: St. Paul Island Loran C Station State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-90-01433. Base: Naval Air Station, Moffett Field State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aerial view of Air Mobility Command's C-5 Galaxy assigned to the 60th Airlift Wing, Travis Air Force Base flying over the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

Quadcopter flies on background of mountains. Action. Quadcopter flies and shoots beautiful mountain landscapes. Quadrocopter takes pictures of green mountain valley.. Quadcopter flies on background of mountains. Action. Quadcopter flies and shoots beautiful mountain landscapes. Quadrocopter takes pictures of green mountain valley

1973 Boston Airplanes - These Point Shirley Homes on Wintrop Shore Drive Are in Landing Pattern for Logan Airport's Runway 27

Lager von Windrad Flügeln wings blades of wind turbines stored in a harbor and ready for shipping and assembling Copyright: xZoonar.com/UwexMoserx 21803135

Flight Research Inc.s Bell OH-58C Kiowa helicopter lands on a helipad at NASAs Armstrong Flight Research Center in California in March 2021 at the completion of an urban air mobility scenario. The Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign project conducted a second phase of research called build II. This helicopter was used as a surrogate urban air mobility vehicle to study aspects of a future air taxi mission.

One-quarter right front view of a Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star taxiing, somewhere in Korea. The aircraft bears the markings of the 36th Fighter Bomber Squadron (FBS), and its buzz number (FT-599) is visible on the fuselage. Another F-80 Shooting Star with similar markings is shown following closely behind it. Its buzz number (FT-606) is also visible. Equipment is visible in the background.

Tu-95MS strategic bomber of the Russian Air Force flying over Moscow region, Russia.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, aides touring Lake Tahoe area following Secretary's participation in annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Forum events at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park

WWII airplane wreck, Kapp borthen, Spitzbergen, Svalbard, Arctic

Avro 504K, H. 6596. A biplane in the Egyptian desert, with the pyramids in the background. Date: C. 1924

A plane near a large volcanic eruption in Iceland.

F-15B ACTIVE in flight

The solar-electric Helios Prototype flying wing is shown near the Hawaiian island of Niihau during its first test flight on solar power from the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii, July 14, 2001. The 18-hour flight was a functional checkout of the aircraft's systems and performance in preparation for an attempt to reach sustained flight at 100,000 feet altitude later this summer.

The mist of icy breath and frozen exhaust cloud the ramp during a B-52 Stratofortress engine test on March 1ST, 1999, at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. Base: Minot Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA)

USA, California, Fire Helicopter, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, La., September 1, 2005 -- Evacuees and hospital patients arrive at New Orleans airport where FEMA's D-MATs have set up operations.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- STS-134 Commander Mark Kelly, left, and Mission Specialist Michael Fincke arrive on the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a T-38 jet. While at Kennedy, space shuttle Endeavour's crew will participate in a launch countdown dress rehearsal called the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) and related training in preparation for the upcoming STS-134 mission.Endeavour and its six STS-134 crew members will deliver the Express Logistics Carrier-3, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS), a high-pressure gas tank, additional spare parts for the Dextre robotic helper and micrometeoroid debris shields to the International Space Station. This will be the final spaceflight for Endeavour. Launch is targeted for April 19 at 7:48 p.m. EDT.

Aircraft wreck in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland Kangerlussuaq, Greenland - July 13, 2018: Wreck of an American fighter aircraft that crashed in 1968 Copyright: xZoonar.com/OliverxFoerstnerx 12623936

Olczak Bell X-14 AIRCRAFT TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY. Research Team Front Row Fred Drinkwater, Jim Meeks, Lonnie Phillips, Jim Kozalski, Vic Bravo. Second Row Bill Carpenter, Sid Selan, Dick Gallant, Terry Stoeffler. Third row Ron Gerdes, Lloyd Corliss. Fourth row Cy Sewell, Dick Greif, Ed Vernon, Lee Jones. Fifth Row Dan Dugan, Jim Rogers, Dave Walton, Terry Feistel. Back Row Frank Pauli, Seth Anderson. Not pictured Terry Gossett, Bob Innis, Stew Rolls, Lawson Williamson. Note Used in publication in Flight Research at Ames; 57 Years of Development and Validation of Aeronautical Technology NASA SP-1998-3300 fig. 118

DN-SP-04-08727. Base: South Pole Country: Antarctica (ATA)

DF-ST-88-05136. Country: Unknown

120316-N-DI587-758ST. GEORGE, Utah (March, 16, 2012) Lt. C.J. Simonsen, lead solo pilot for the U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, flies in formation over St. George, Utah. The Blue Angels performed in Utah for the first time in more than 30 years during the Thunder Over Utah Air Show and as part of the 2012 air show season.

Stunt plane.

The Aftershock Jet Truck wows the crowd during the Frontiers in Flight airshow at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, on Sept. 23, 2022. The airshow featured 12 performers, including Tora Tora Tora, an A-10 demonstration, and the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, to name a few. An airshow, also known as an open house, is a way for military members and installations to show appreciation to local communities and showcase Department of Defense and Air Force capabilities. Wichita is known as the Air Capital of the world, the birthplace of some very famous airframes.

Starting Grid, FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix, Vitacura Airfield, Santiago, Chile, South America - aerial

The Lockheed Martin/Boeing Tier III- (minus) unpiloted aerial vehicle undergoing an engine run on the ramp at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California.

burned military helicopter in the desert at sunset

STS-88 Commander Robert D. Cabana and his wife, Nancy, enter the airplane that will return them to Houston and the Johnson Space Center. They will be joined by other crew members, with their families, Pilot Frederick W. "Rick" Sturckow. Mission Specialists Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev, James H. Newman, Jerry L. Ross and Nancy J. Currie. The STS-88 crew returned Dec. 15 from a 12-day mission on orbit constructing the first elements of the International Space Station, the U.S.-built Unity connecting module and Russian-built Zarya control module

A 1940 Boeing-Stearman performs an aerobatic maneuver during Wings Over Solano at Travis Air Force Base, California, May 14, 2022. The Wings Over Solano open house and air show provided an opportunity for the local community to interact directly with the base and its Airmen and see capabilities on full display at Travis AFB.

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II flies over Bullhead City, Arizona, March 30, 2023. The A-10 Demonstration Team travels around the country to different airshows to showcase the abilities of the A-10 and its Airmen, as well as their contributions to the Air Force mission and national security.

Boeings CST-100 Starliner spacecraft lands at White Sands Missile Ranges Space Harbor, Wednesday, May 25, 2022, in New Mexico. Boeings Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) is Starliners second uncrewed flight test to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. OFT-2 serves as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities.

Aircrafts - HU-25 Guardian - 26-HK-55-5. Close-up of nose of HU-25 No. 2136 (Corpus Christi) on ramp near Avitat building in Baton Rouge. Hurricane Katrina

Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, July 13, 2018: Wreck of an American fighter aircraft that crashed in 1968, North America

US navy fighter plane at the USS Lexington Museum, North Beach, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

A girl portrait on a old helicopter background

The final flight crew for NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) poses for a photo on the flightline at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Dec. 13, 2022. The SOFIA made its final flight from NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California, to DM and is scheduled to be displayed at the Pima Air and Space Museum in 2023.

Aerial view of rows of retired military aircraft fade into the horizon under a fiery sunset sky, framing the distant mountain silhouette, Tucson, Arizona, United States.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Retired Navy Admiral Harold W. Gehman Jr., chairman of the Columbia Accident Board, talks to the media after his arrival at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility. Gehman and other members of the board are visiting sites at KSC to become familiar with the Shuttle launch process. The independent board is charged with determining what caused the destruction of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the loss of its seven-member crew on Feb. 1 during reentry.

of 2