M2-F1 Lifting BodyThe M2-F1 Lifting Body is seen here under tow, high above Rogers Dry Lake near the Flight Research Center (later...The M2-F1 Lifting Body is seen here under tow by an unseen C-47 at the NASA 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...Following the first M2-F1 airtow flight on 16 August 1963, the Flight Research Center used the vehicle for both research...NASA Flight Research Pilot Milt Thompson, shown here on the lakebed with the M2-F1 lifting body, was an early backer...This photo shows the cockpit configuration of the M2-F1 wingless lifting body. With a top speed of about 120 knots,...After the grounding of the M2-F1 in 1966, it was kept in outside storage on the Dryden complex. After several...After initial ground-tow flights of the M2-F1 using the Pontiac as a tow vehicle, the way was clear to make...The M2-F1 was fitted with an ejection seat before the airtow flights began. The project selected the seat used in...The internal steel structure for the M2-F1 was built at the Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, in a section of...The M2-F1 Lifting Body is seen here testing its "instant L/D rocket" on the lakebed at NASA's Flight Research Center,...This early simulator of the M2-F1 lifting body was used for pilot training, to test landing techniques before the first...Dale Reed, who inaugurated the lifting-body flight research at NASA's Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, originally proposed that three wooden...The M2-F1 Lifting Body is seen here in a hangar with its hot rod Pontiac convertible tow vehicle at the...
