NASA Paresev, Dryden history gallery
ET62-00268Paresev 1A and Stearman tow plane on lakebed.August 24, 1962 NASA Photo / NASA Read Paresev Project Description NASA Identifier: 329614main_ET62-00268
NASA Paresev, Dryden history gallery
E-7914 Test pilot Milton Thompson sitting in NASA Flight Research Center-built Paresev 1 Paraglider Research Vehicle on the taxi strip in front of the NASA Flight Research Center in 1962. In this photo the cont... More
NASA Paresev, Dryden history gallery
E-8713 With the the Paresev 1-A and the 450-hp Stearman sport Biplane as a backdrop the Pilot and crew pose for this picture in 1962. Starting at left: On the motorcycle is Walter Whiteside, in the Paresev 1-A ... More
NASA Paresev, Dryden history gallery
E-8009 Pilot and Paresev 1 preparing for a landing on the Rogers dry lakebed in 1962 at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The flight program began with ground tow tests. Several tows were made before liftoff ... More
NASA Paresev, Dryden history gallery
E-8013 Pilot with Paresev 1 Paraglider Research Vehicle on tow in 1962. A normal flight was a takeoff on the dry lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base and a circling flight path skirting the lake edges to insure a ... More
Paresev 1-A on Lakebed with Tow Plane
(August 24, 1962) The Paresev 1-A (Paraglider Research Vehicle) and the tow airplane, 450-hp Stearman Sport Biplane sitting on Rogers dry lakebed, Edwards, California. The control system in the Paresev 1-A had ... More
Gus Grissom & Milt Thompson With Paresev
(October 17, 1962) The Paresev 1-A standing at Rogers Dry Lakebed at the NASA Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. Mercury Astronaut Gus Grissom is at left and NASA test pilot Milton Thompson is at righ... More
Paresev 1-B in Tow Flight. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.
(October 1968) The Paresev experimental aircraft. A normal flight was a takeoff on the Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base and a circling flight path skirting the lake edges to insure a landing on the ... More
NASA Paresev, Dryden history gallery
E-8712 The Paresev 1-A Paraglider Research Vehicle and the tow airplane, 450-hp Stearman sport Biplane, sitting on Rogers dry lakebed, Edwards, California. The control system in the Paresev 1-A had a more conve... More
NASA Paresev, Dryden history gallery
Air Force photo The Paresev 1-B tested the concept of a paraglider, designed to enable a Gemini capsule to fly to a controlled ground landing. This would remove the need to make an ocean splashdown at the end o... More
NASA Paresev, Dryden history gallery
E-10355 This photo shows the Paresev Paraglider Research Vehicle space frame receiving a new wing. Frank Fedor and a technician helper are attaching a half-scale version of an inflatable wing in a hangar at NAS... More
NASA Paresev, Dryden history gallery
E-10365 Aboard a truck and ready for a test flight is the Paresev 1-C on the ramp at the NASA Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. The half-scale version of the inflatable Gemini parawing was pre-flight... More
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Gus Grissom [L] and Milt Thompson with Parasev vehicle [NASA E8937 via...
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