F-15A Research Pilot Performing Pre-flight Checkout https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/16a02c7f-f467-42c5-baff-c6257c47d071 This 49-second video from 1976 shows a NASA test pilot performing pre-flight checkout procedures on an F-15A research aircraft at Dryden Flight Research Center (now Armstrong) at Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert. The number two F-15A (Serial #71-0281) was obtained by NASA from the U.S. Air Force in 1976 and was used for more than 25 advanced research projects involving aerodynamics, performance, propulsion control, control integration, instrumentation development, human factors, and flight test techniques. Included in these projects was its role as a testbed to evaluate aerodynamic pressures on Space Shuttle thermal protection tiles at specific altitudes and speeds. More information on the F-15A is available here: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-022-DFRC.html Mirrored from YouTube: https://youtu.be/Z9ytoSb04Wg Original channel: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Wed, 15 Jul 2026 06:49:57 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us F-15A Research Pilot Performing Pre-flight Checkout https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/ec5edb1e-3795-4978-be4f-c67e98fbc992.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/16a02c7f-f467-42c5-baff-c6257c47d071 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.