Lifting BodiesThe M2-F3 Lifting Body is seen here on the lakebed next to the NASA Flight Research Center (later the Dryden...NASA research pilot Milt Thompson sits in the M2-F2 "heavyweight" lifting body research vehicle before a 1966 test flight. The...The M2-F1 Lifting Body is seen here under tow, high above Rogers Dry Lake near the Flight Research Center (later...Dale Reed with a model of the M2-F1 in front of the actual lifting body. Reed used the model to...The X-24B is seen here landing on Rogers Dry Lake, adjacent to the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA.Maj. Jerauld R. "Jerry" Gentry completes the 8th and last glide flight of the X-24A lifting body at Edwards AFB....The HL-10 touches down on its main landing gear, while the pilot was holding the nose up to slow the...Dale Reed, who inaugurated the lifting-body flight research at NASA's Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, originally proposed that three wooden...NASA research pilot Bill Dana takes a moment to watch NASA's NB-52B cruise overhead after a research flight in the...
