Dates

Event

Constructed as a X-24A.

July 1967

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 66-13551.

24 August 1967

Delivered to Edwards AFB, CA.

1968

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: Photo date is actually 4/17/17 and is the SV-5J configured to look like the X-24A for historical reasons.

February 1968

Transported by air.
Air delivered to NASA Ames facility near San Francisco, CA for wind tunnel testing.

15 March 1968

Transported by air.
Delivered to Edwards AFB for test program.

17 April 1969

First flight.
First glide flight.

19 March 1970

First flight.
First powered flight.

4 June 1971

Last flight.
Last flight as X-24A.

June 1971

Assigned to Edwards AFB, CA for storage.

11 October 1972

Converted to a X-24B.
Rolled out as X-24B on this date. The bulbous shape of the X-24A was converted into a flying flatiron shape with a rounded top, flat bottom, and double delta platform that ended in a pointed nose. (Baugher).

15 November 1973

First flight.
First powered flight as X-24B on this date.

1975

Photographer: NASA Dryden Flight Research Cent

9 September 1975

Last flight.

1976

To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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6 May 2008

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

June 2016

Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla
Notes: National Museum of the U.S. Air Force fourth building