Table A.1 is compiled from multiple sources that are not consistent. It includes all known current NASA aircraft, including those, like the T-38N Talon, which are used for astronaut training and those used primarily for scientific research, like the ER-2, WB-57, and SOFIA. Some of these aircraft have probably been disposed of by NASA, and many of them are not in flying condition but may be used for spare parts, ground tests, and so on. NASA has flown a wide variety of aircraft (see Figure A.1).
TABLE A.1 NASA’s Aircraft Fleet
N Number | Manufacturer | Model | Location | |
Research Aircraft | ||||
ARMD | 501NA | Cirrus Design Corp. | SR22 | Langley |
ARMD | 504NA | Cessna | 206H | Langley |
ARMD | 515NA | Boeing | 737-130 | Langley |
ARMD | 524NA | North American | OV-10A | Langley |
ARMD | 529NA | Beechcraft | B-200 | Langley |
ARMD | 535NA | Bell | UH-1H | Langley |
ARMD | 581NA | Rockwell | OV-10D | Langley |
ARMD | 592NA | Rockwell | OV-10D | Langley |
ARMD | 601NA | Lockheed | S-3B | Glenn |
ARMD | 602NA | Lockheed | S-3B | Dryden |
ARMD | 607NA | DeHavilland | DHC-6 Twin Otter | Glenn |
ARMD | 616NA | Learjet Inc. | 25 | Glenn |
ARMD | 801NA | Beechcraft | B-200 | Dryden |
ARMD | 804NA | Gulfstream American Corp. | G-1159A | Dryden |
ARMD | 818NA | Lockheed | YO-3A | Dryden |
ARMD | 836NA | McDonnell Douglas | F-15B | Dryden |
ARMD | 853NA | McDonnell Douglas | FA-18A | Dryden |
ARMD | 880NA | Molino | OY-PIK-20E | Dryden |
ARMD | NA | Bell | UH-60 | Ames |
ARMD | NA | Bell | UH-60 | Ames |
ARMD | Unknown | Gulfstream American Corp. | G-550 | NASA Wallops |
ARMD | Unknown | Boeing | B-777 | Langley |
ARMD | Unknown | Grupo-Aeromot-Ximango | TG-14 | Dryden |
ARMD | None | ATK | HyBolT | Langley |
ARMD | None | NASA | AirSTAR | Langley |
ARMD | None | NASA | 1011 | Langley |
ARMD | None | NASA | DROID SUAV | Dryden |
ARMD | None | Boeing | X-48B | Dryden |
ARMD | None | Boeing | X-48C | Dryden |
ARMD | None | Lockheed Martin | MUTT | Dryden |
ARMD | None | Lockheed Martin | MUTT | Dryden |
ARMD | None | NASA | IRVE-2 | NASA Wallops |
ARMD | None | NASA | IRVE-3 | NASA Wallops |
ARMD | None | NASA, AFRL, DSTO | HiFIRE | Langley |
ARMD | None | Lockheed Martin | HTV-2 | Dryden |
ARMD | None | Yamaha | R-MAX | Ames |
ARMD | None | Yamaha | R-MAX | Ames |
ARMD | None | EAV Unmanned Aerial System | Ames | |
Science Aircraft | ||||
SMD | 7J7NA | Boeing | 747SP-21 | Dryden |
SMD | 102Z | Lockheed | P-3C | NASA Wallops |
SMD | 426NA | Lockheed | P-3B | NASA Wallops |
SMD | 806NA | Lockheed | ER-2 | Dryden |
SMD | 809NA | Lockheed | ER-2 | Dryden |
SMD | 817NA | Douglas | DC-8 | Dryden |
SMD | 870NA | General Atomics Aero Systems | MQ-9 | Dryden |
SMD | 871NA | Northrop Grumman | Global Hawk | Dryden |
SMD | 872NA | Northrop Grumman | Global Hawk | Dryden |
Comments | Maximum Mach | Maximum Altitude | |
0.31 | 25,000 | ||
0.23 | 15,700 | ||
0.82 | 35,000 | ||
0.4 | 24,000 | ||
Cert Class–Restricted | 0.5 | 35,000 | |
0.2 | 19,000 | ||
0.4 | 24,000 | Also registered as N34457 | |
0.4 | 24,000 | Also registered as N3634U | |
Icing research | 0.79 | 41,000 | |
Icing research | 0.79 | 41,000 | |
Icing research | 0.25 | 25,000 | |
Icing research | 0.81 | 45,000 | |
In-flight background-oriented Schlieren | 0.5 | 35,000 | |
Laminer flow research in partnership with AFRL-SFW | 0.85 | 45,000 | |
0.18 | 1,200 | ||
Research testbed for supersonic and hypersonic projects (AFTF, PFTF, CLIP) | 2.5 | 65,000 | |
(FAST), also flown as X-53 | 1.8 | 50,000 | |
Army-RASCAL | 0.29 | 19,000 | |
Army | 0.29 | 19,000 | |
Noise level testing (leased) | 0.89 | 51,000 | |
Quiet technology demonstrator 2 (QTD-2) (leased-reiurned) | 0.89 | 43,100 | |
Used for noise measurement | 0.18 | 20,000 | Has USAF on side of aircraft and an N number |
Hypersonic boundary layer transition | |||
Small UAV-generic transport model | |||
Small UAV | |||
Small UAV | |||
ERA | 0.18 | 10,000 | |
ERA | 0.18 | 10,000 | |
Partnership with AFRL-SFW | 0.3 | 10,000 | |
Partnership with AFRL-SFW | 0.3 | 10,000 | |
Inflatable re-entry vehicle | |||
Inflatable re-entry vehicle | |||
Hypersonic research with DTSO | 8 | ||
DARPA-Army | 20 | ||
Small UAV | |||
Small UAV | |||
Small UAV | |||
SOFIA Observatory | 0.92 | 45,000 | |
Science | 0.65 | 28,000 | |
Science | 0.65 | 28,000 | |
Earth sciences | 0.65 | 70,000 | |
Earth sciences | 0.65 | 70,000 | |
Earth sciences | 0.77 | 36,000 | |
Flying science laboratory (NSERC) | |||
Predator B (Ikhana) | 0.4 | 25,000 | |
Environmental studies | |||
Earth sciences | 0.65 | 65,000 | |
Earth sciences | 0.65 | 65,000 |
N Number | Manufacturer | Model | Location | |
SMD | 926NA | General Dynamics | WB-57F | Johnson |
SMD | 928NA | General Dynamics | WB-57F | Johnson |
SMD | None | Aerovironment | Global Observer | Dryden |
SMD | None | Sierra Unmanned Aerial System | Ames | |
SMD | None | Sierra Unmanned Aerial System | Ames | |
Transport Aircraft | ||||
ARMD | 528NA | Beechcraft | B-200 | Langley |
ARMD | 7NA | Beechcraft | B-200 | Dryden |
ARMD | 8NA | Beechcraft | B-200 | NASA Wallops |
ARMD | 803NA | Grumman American Aviation Corp. | G-1159A | Dryden |
ARMD | 805NA | Grumman American Aviation | G-1159 | Dryden |
HEOMD | 932NA | Douglas | DC-9 | Johnson |
HEOMD | 934NA | McDonnell Douglas | DC-9-33F | Johnson |
HEOMD | 944NA | Gulfstream American Corp. | G-1159 | Johnson |
HEOMD | 947NA | Grumman American Aviation | G-1159 | Johnson |
Special Use Aircraft | ||||
HEOMD | 905NA | Boeing | 747 | Johnson |
HEOMD | 911NA | Boeing | 747 | Johnson |
HEOMD | 941NA | Boeing | 377SGT-F | Johnson |
Training Aircraft | ||||
HEOMD | 511NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 901NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 902NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 903NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 904NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 906NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 907NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 908NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 912NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 913NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 915NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 916NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 917NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 918NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 919NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 921NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 931NA | Boeing | KC-135A | Johnson |
HEOMD | 945NA | Grumman American Aviation | G-1159 | Johnson |
HEOMD | 946NA | Grumman American Aviation | G-1159 | Johnson |
HEOMD | 955NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 956NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 959NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 960NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 961NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 962NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 963NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 967NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
Support Aircraft | ||||
ARMD | 608NA | Beechcraft | T-34C | Glenn |
ARMD | SI9NA | Beechcraft | T-34C | Dryden |
ARMD | 843NA | McDonnell Douglas | FA-18A | Dryden |
ARMD | 846NA | McDonnell Douglas | FA-18B | Dryden |
Comments | Maximum Mach | Maximum Altitude | |
Earth sciences | 0.8 | 65,000 | |
Earth sciences | 0.8 | 65,000 | |
United States Special Operations Command (Leased) | 0.04 | 65,000 | |
Small UAV | |||
Small UAV | |||
Transport | 0.5 | 35,000 | |
0.5 | 35,000 | S/N BB-997 | |
Transportation | 0.5 | 35,000 | |
0.85 | 45,000 | C/N 309 | |
0.85 | 45,000 | ||
0.78 | 37,000 | Registration expired 12/31/11 | |
0.78 | 37,000 | ||
0.85 | 45,000 | S/N 144 | |
Transport | 0.85 | 45,000 | |
Shuttle carrier aircraft | 0.89 | 43,000 | |
Shuttle carrier aircraft | 0.89 | 43,000 | |
Super Guppy transport | 0.38 | 32,000 | |
Astronaut training | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Astronaut training | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Astronaut training | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Astronaut training | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Astronaut training | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Astronaut training | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Astronaut training | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Astronaut training | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Astronaut training | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Astronaut training | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Astronaut training | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Astronaut training | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Astronaut training | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Astronaut training | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Astronaut training | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Astronaut training | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Zero G training | 0.79 | 50,000 | |
May be shuttle landing trainer | 0.85 | 45,000 | |
May be shuttle landing trainer | 0.85 | 45,000 | |
Astronaut training | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Astronaut training | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Astronaut training | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Astronaut training | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Astronaut training | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Astronaut training | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Astronaut training | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Astronaut training | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Proficiency/Chase | 0.4 | 30,000 | |
Proficiency/Chase | 0.4 | 30,000 | |
1.8 | 50,000 | ||
1.8 | 50,000 |
N Number | Manufacturer | Model | Location | |
ARMD | 850NA | McDonnell Douglas | FA-18A | Dryden |
ARMD | 852NA | McDonnell Douglas | FA-18B | Dryden |
ARMD | 863NA | Northrop | T-38N | Dryden |
ARMD | 864NA | Northrop | T-38N | Dryden |
ARMD | 865NA | Beechcraft | T-34C | Dryden |
ARMD | 884NA | McDonnell Douglas | F-15D | Dryden |
ARMD | 885NA | McDonnell Douglas | F-15D | Dryden |
ARMD | 897NA | McDonnell Douglas | F-15D | Dryden |
Other Aircraft in Databases | ||||
1NA | Gulfstream American Corp. | G-1159A | ||
2NA | Grumman American Aviation | G-159 | Dryden | |
3NA | Grumman American Aviation | G-159 | ||
4NA | Grumman American Aviation | G-159 | ||
415NA | Bell | UH-1B | NASA Wallops | |
420NA | Bell | UH-1H | NASA Wallops | |
424NA | Bell | UH-1B | NASA Wallops | |
427NA | Lockheed | EC 130Q | NASA Wallops | |
ARMD | 502NA | Schweizer | SGS 1-36 | Dryden |
ARMD | 530NA | Bell | 204-B | Langley |
ARMD | 557NA | Boeing | 757-225 | Langley |
ARMD | 564NA | Northrop Grumman | T-38B | Dryden |
ARMD | 703NA | Bell | 301 | Ames |
ARMD | 710NA | Convair | 30 | Ames |
ARMD | 714NA | Lockheed | 300-50A-01 | Ames |
ARMD | 837NA | McDonnell Douglas | F-15B | Dryden |
ARMD | 840NA | McDonnell Douglas | FA-18A | Dryden |
ARMD | 845NA | McDonnell Douglas | FA-18B | Dryden |
ARMD | 847NA | McDonnell Douglas | FA-18A | Dryden |
ARMD | 851NA | McDonnell Douglas | FA-18A | Dryden |
HEOMD | 909NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 914NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 920NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 922NA | Gulfstream American Corp. | C-1159A | Johnson |
HEOMD | 923NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 924NA | Northrop | T-38N | Johnson |
HEOMD | 933NA | Learjet Inc. | 23 | |
HEOMD | 948NA | Grumman | G-1159 | Johnson |
HEOMD | 949NA | Grumman | G-1159 | Johnson |
HEOMD | 950NA | Grumman | G-1159 | Johnson |
ARMD | 965NA | Northrop | T-38N | Dryden |
ARMD | 966NA | Northrop | T-38N | Ames |
HEOMD | 992NA | Gulfstream American Corp. | C-1159A | Johnson |
NOTE: AFRL, Air Force Research Laboratory; AFTF, Advanced Flight Test Fixture; ARMD, Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate; CLIP, Centerline Instrumented Pylon; DARPA, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; DTSO, Defence Science and Technology Organisation (Australia); ERA, Environmentally Responsible Aviation; FAA, Federal Aviation Administration; HEOMD, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate; HIFiRE, Hypersonics International Flight Research Experimentation; NSERC, National Suborbital Education and Research Center; PFTF, Propulsion Flight Test Fixture; RASCAL, Rotorcraft Aircrew Systems Concepts Airborne Laboratory; SFW, Subsonic Fixed Wing; SMD, Science Mission Directorate; SOFIA, Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy; UAV, unpiloted aerial vehicle. SOURCE: Compiled from the following websites: http://www.faa.gov, http://www.airport-data.com, http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/ad/na.html, http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/aircraft/index.html.
Comments | Maximum Mach | Maximum Altitude | |
1.8 | 50,000 | ||
1.8 | 50,000 | ||
Support/Chase | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Support/Chase | 1.3 | 50,000 | |
Chase/Support | 0.4 | 30,000 | |
2.5 | 65,000 | ||
2.5 | 65,000 | ||
2.5 | 65,000 | ||
0.76 | 45,000 | No longer assigned | |
0.46 | 33,600 | C/N 309, also see N2NA and N992NA | |
Deregistered 8/18/2006 | 0.46 | 33,600 | |
Deregistered 6/2/2004 | 0.46 | 2,540 | |
Deregistered 02/11/1991 | 0.2 | 19,000 | |
Sold | 0.2 | 19,000 | |
Sold | 0.2 | 19,000 | |
Kenosha Military Museum Ltd. | 0.44 | 28,000 | |
Sale reported | 0.76 | 45,000 | |
Deregistered 6/12/2009 | 0.18 | 19,390 | |
Sold, now N144DC | 0.82 | 35,000 | |
1.3 | 50,000 | No longer assigned | |
XV-15, Sale reported | 0.45 | 29,500 | |
Deregistered 06/29/2009 | 0.81 | 41,000 | |
(C-141) Sold | 0.74 | 41,000 | |
Deregistered 11/17/2011 | 2.5 | 65,000 | |
Deregistered 12/8/2011 | 1.8 | 50,000 | |
Deregistered 11/17/2011 | 1.8 | 50,000 | |
Deregistered 11/17/2011 | 1.8 | 50,000 | |
Deregistered 11/17/2011 | 1.8 | 50,000 | |
Undel Tri | 1.3 | 50,000 | No FAA record |
Undel Tri | 1.3 | 50,000 | No FAA record |
Undel Tri | 1.3 | 50,000 | No FAA record |
0.76 | 45,000 | Reserved but no aircraft assigned | |
Undel Tri | 1.3 | 50,000 | No FAA record |
Undel Tri | 1.3 | 50,000 | No FAA record |
0.74 | 45,000 | N number reserved | |
May be shuttle landing trainer | 0.85 | 45,000 | Appears to be at Pima Museum |
0.85 | 45,000 | May now be N805NA | |
0.85 | 45,000 | Transferred to Missile Defense Agency? | |
1.3 | 50,000 | N number reserved | |
Undel Tri | 1.3 | 50,000 | FAA record status expired |
0.85 | 45,000 | C/N 309, also see N2NA and N992NA | |
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