After the M2-F1 (left) proved the lifting-body concept, NASA and the Air Force began work on a series of heavyweight,…
The HL-10 touches down on its main landing gear, while the pilot was holding the nose up to slow the…
The HL-10 Lifting Body is seen here in flight over Rogers Dry Lakebed. Like the other lifting bodies, the HL-10…
NASA Flight Research Center pilot John Manke is shown here on the lakebed next to the HL-10, one of four…
The HL-10 lifting body is seen here in flight over Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards AFB. After the vehicle’s fins…
The Aero Spacelines B377SGT Super Guppy was at Dryden in May, 1976 to ferry the X-24 and HL-10 lifting bodies…
NASA research pilot Bill Dana takes a moment to watch NASA’s NB-52B cruise overhead after a research flight in the…
Pilot Major Jerauld R. Gentry stands in front of the HL-10 Lifting Body. Gentry was the Air Force project pilot…
The wingless, lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,…
The wingless, lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,…
