NASA has flown a decidedly eclectic fleet of aircraft throughout its history. Some of the aircraft that it flies are unique because they are purpose built test aircraft. Others are acquired from a variety of sources, for example, Boeing provided the 1st built 737 to NASA for use as a testbed. NASA bases its fleet as shown below. The tail number indicates the home base of the aircraft:

400

Wallops Flight Facility

Wallops Island, Virginia

500

Langley Research Center

Hampton, Virginia

600

Glenn Research Center

Lewis Field, Cleveland, Ohio

700

Ames Research Center

Moffett Field, California

800

Dryden Flight Research Center

Edwards, California

900

Johnson Space Center

Houston, Texas

A definitive reference for NASA aircraft is Flying the Frontiers: NACA and NASA Experimental Aircraft (Arthur Pearcy)

Numbers shown in parenthesis below are the original US Air Force, US Army or US Navy serial numbers.

N424NA
UH-1B (64-13907)

N428NA
Prototype P-3 (P3V) (148276)
Built from an Electra frame.

N429NA
Lockheed Electra

N430NA
Shorts Skyvan
"Ugly Looker"

N431NA
T-39A (60-3488)

N515NA
Boeing 737
1st Built

N550NA
Northrop F-5F (73-0889)
1st F-5F built


N702NA
XV-15A
1st built

NASA 706
ER-2 (80-1063)
Returns from a moth mapping mission


N707NA
NC-130B (58-0712)


NASA 709
ER-2 (80-1098)


N715NA
C-8A Buffalo (63-13687)
QSRA (Quiet Short-Haul Aircraft)


N719NA
AV-8A (158387)
"Thank GOD I'm BRITISH"


NASA 736
AH-1G Cobra (66-15248)


75-0750
AFTI F-16


NASA 802
F-8C (145546)


N809NA
B-57B-MA (52-1576)

008
NB-52B (52-008)
Mothership


N810NA
Convair 990


N816NA
F-106B (57-2516)
Lightning Strike Research


822
X-15 #3 (56-6672)


843
F-18A (161250)


851
F-18A ()


N955NA & N956NA
T-38A (69-7082 & 69-7084)
Two styles of NASA logos


N911NA
Boeing 747SR
Shuttle Carrier


N962NA
T-38 Talon (70-1556)

N1NA
Gulfstream