Editing C. Gordon Fullerton (section)

===Research test pilot career===
Fullerton served as project pilot on the NASA/[[Convair 990]] aircraft which has been modified as a Landing Systems Research Aircraft to test Space Shuttle landing gear components.<ref name=Biographies /> Additionally, Fullerton was also project pilot on [[McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet|F-18]] Systems Research Aircraft, a test bed to develop new flight control actuators, fiber optic control systems, and other advanced aircraft technology.<ref name=Biographies />

As the project pilot on the [[Propulsion Controlled Aircraft]] program, he successfully landed an [[F-15 Eagle|F-15]] and an [[MD-11]] with all control surfaces fixed, using only engine thrust modulation for control.<ref name=Biographies /><ref name="nasabio" />

In addition to these activities, Fullerton was a project pilot on a number of other research programs at Dryden. Among them were the [[C-140]] Jetstar Laminar Flow Control, [[General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark|F-111]] Mission Adaptive Wing, [[F-14]] Variable Sweep Flow Transition, Space Shuttle orbiter drag chute and F-111 crew module parachute tests with the [[Boeing B-52 Stratofortress|B-52]], and [[X-29]] vortex flow control.<ref name=Biographies /> As project pilot on the B-52 launch aircraft, Fullerton was involved in tests to develop a new F-111 crew module recovery system. He also flew the B-52 for the first six mid-air launchings of the commercially developed [[Pegasus rocket|Pegasus space vehicle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-120913a.html|title=Orbital names next space station freighter for late pilot-astronaut|publisher=collectSPACE.com |date=December 9, 2013}}</ref> 

Fullerton was one of two NASA pilots who flew the Russian-built [[Tupolev Tu-144|Tu-144LL]] supersonic aircraft used in a joint high speed research program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/photo/TU-144LL/HTML/EC98-44749-27.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000412171316/http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/gallery/photo/TU-144LL/HTML/EC98-44749-27.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 12, 2000|title=Research Pilot C. Gordon Fullerton in Cockpit of TU-144LL SST Flying Laboratory|publisher=NASA DFRC}}</ref>

With over 16,000 hours of flying time, Fullerton piloted 135 different types of aircraft, including full qualification in the [[T-33 Shooting Star|T-33]], [[T-34 Mentor|T-34]], [[T-37 Tweet|T-37]], [[North American T-39 Sabreliner|T-39]], F-86, [[F-101]], [[F-106]], F-111, F-14, X-29, [[KC-135]], C-140, and B-47.<ref name="cs" /> After joining Dryden as a research pilot, Fullerton piloted nearly all the research and support aircraft flown at the facility, including the [[Northrop T-38 Talon|T-38]], F-18, F-15, B-52, NASA/Convair 990, 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, and the [[DC-8]].<ref name=Biographies />