NASA Lifting Bodies on Lakebed, Armstrong flight research center
(November 30, 1968) The wingless lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. From left to right are the X-24A, M2-F3 and the HL-10.... More
NASA M2-F1 Pilots, Dryden flight research center
(November 12, 1963) The M2-F1 lifting body aircraft rests on the sun-baked floor of a dry lake bed located out in the Mojave Desert at the Dryden Flight Research Center, California. Pilot Chuck Yeager, seated i... More
M2-F2 in Wind Tunnel - NASA wind tunnel. Public domain image.
(1965) The M2-F2 lifting body aircraft is mounted in the full scale wind tunnel at the NASA Ames Research Center. ..Image # : ECN-847
HL-10 First Flight Landing. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.
(November 30, 1965) With pilot Bruce Peterson at the controls, the HL-10 lifting body aircraft makes a successful landing on Rogers Dry Lake at the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, California...Image # : E-16211
HL-10 Lifting Body Pilot Bruce Peterson
(December 22, 1966) Pilot Bruce Peterson's reaction after he completes the first flight of the HL-10 lifting body aircraft. (Image # E-16199)
Dale Reed with Model in Front of M2-F1
(March 6, 1967) Engineer Dale Reed holds a model of the M2-F1 Lifting Body aircraft with the full scale version directly behind him. In support of the M2 lifting body program in the early 1960s, Dale Reed had b... More
HL-10 On Rogers Dry Lake Bed With Pilots
(1969) The four principal HL-10 pilots are seen here with the lifting body aircraft. They are, left to right; Air Force Major Jerauld R. Gentry, Air Force test pilot Peter Hoag, and NASA pilots John A. Manke an... More