SP-4220 Wingless Flight: The Lifting Body Story

Drawing showing the evolution of lifting-body flight vehicles starting with the M2-F1 flown in 1963-1966; <<angry machines>> M2-F2 and the original HL-10 flown in 1966-67; mature <<plow-horse>> lifting bodies M2-F3, HL-10 modified, and X-24A flow in 1968-73; and finally, the <<race horse>> lifting bodies Hyper III and X-24B dlown in 1970-75 (original drawing by Dale Reed, digital version by Dryden Graphics Office.)

Drawing showing the evolution of lifting-body flight vehicles starting with the M2-F1 flown in 1963-1966; "angry machines" M2-F2 and the original HL-10 flown in 1966-67; mature "plow-horse" lifting bodies M2-F3, HL-10 modified, and X-24A flow in 1968-73; and finally, the "race horse" lifting bodies Hyper III and X-24B flown in 1970-75 (original drawing by Dale Reed, digital version by Dryden Graphics Office.)

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