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Early Tow Test of the M2-F1 Lifting Body
Early Tow Test of the M2-F1 Lifting Body

The M2-F1 lifting body, dubbed the “flying bathtub” by the media, was the precursor of a remarkable series of wingless…

Fleet Aircraft
Fleet Aircraft

The wingless, lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,…

Soaring Over Las Cruces
Soaring Over Las Cruces

Proteus in flight over mountains near Las Cruces, NM.

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

Jack McKay was one of the first pilots assigned to the X-15 flight research program at NASA’s Flight Research Center,…

X-1-2 on the Rogers Dry Lakebed
X-1-2 on the Rogers Dry Lakebed

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 sat on the Rogers Dry Lakebed at Muroc Air Force Base, CA in 1949.

Dryden People
Dryden People

Vance D. Brand portrait after being selected for the Apollo program.

Kiel Air Data Probe on the Noseboom of the X-31 Aircraft
Kiel Air Data Probe on the Noseboom of the X-31 Aircraft

The Kiel air data probe on the noseboom on the X-31 aircraft shows the orifices used to collect air pressure…

Fleet Aircraft
Fleet Aircraft

The wingless, lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,…

Internal Steel Structure of the M2-F1 Lifting Body
Internal Steel Structure of the M2-F1 Lifting Body

The internal steel structure for the M2-F1 was built at the Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, in a section of…

B-47A Stratojet
B-47A Stratojet

Boeing B-47A Stratojet NACA 150 landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The drag chute was used on landings to…