M2-F2 Lifting BodyThe M2-F2 Lifting Body is seen here on the ramp at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. The success of...NASA research pilot Milt Thompson is helped into the cockpit of the M2-F2 lifting body research aircraft at NASA’s Flight...A photo of model airplane builders James B. Newman and Robert L. McDonald preparing for a flight with models of...NASA research pilot Milt Thompson sits in the M2-F2 "heavyweight" lifting body research vehicle before a 1966 test flight. The...This photo shows the right side cockpit instrumentation panel of the M2-F2 Lifting Body. The success of Dryden's M2-F1 program...This photo shows the left side cockpit instrumentation panel of the M2-F2 Lifting Body. The success of Dryden's M2-F1 program...Bruce A. Peterson standing beside the M2-F2 lifting body on Rogers Dry Lake. Peterson became the NASA project pilot for...In front of the M2-F3 are (Left-Right) Air Force pilot Captain Jerauld Gentry and NASA pilots John Manke and William...After the M2-F1 (left) proved the lifting-body concept, NASA and the Air Force began work on a series of heavyweight,...A head-on view of the M2-F2 lifting body mounted on the wing pylon of its B-52 mothership in 1965.The M2-F2 lifting body made its 16th glide flight on May 10, 1967.
