Flight Research Center engineer R. Dale Reed has long used free-flight models to test new concepts.
Richard C. Eldredge, Dale Reed, James O. Newman, and Bob McDonald with the mothership (top) and other models.
The success of Dryden’s M2-F1 program led to NASA’s development and construction of two heavyweight lifting bodies based on studies…
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…
