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Old 20th Aug 2022, 22:42
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Well done, meleagertoo, it’s the M2F1. I suspect Noyade knew the answer, but he was pipped at the post!

A "homebuilt" proof of concept glider for all of NASA’s lifting bodies.

Here it is on tow:


I have trouble imagining flying a glider where you have to look at the towplane or runway through a window in the nose!

Looking at the probe on the nose, I wonder if they would have been better off with a glider yaw-string, rather than the almost obscured yaw-vane.



More information on Wiki:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_M2-F1

and this great video:

LIFTING BODIES - The Critical Link from X-15 to Space Shuttle


meleagertoo has control


PS I don't think that is Chuck Yeager in the picture. Possibly Milt Thompson?
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