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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…

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,…

Walter C. Williams Research Aircraft Integration Facility
Walter C. Williams Research Aircraft Integration Facility

The NASA-Dryden Integrated Test Facility (ITF), also known as the Walter C. Williams Research Aircraft Integration Facility (RAIF), provides an…

CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft
CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft

One of the final tests of the CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft (LSRA) in August, 1995 at NASA's Dryden (now…

CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft
CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft

A Space Shuttle landing gear system is visible between the two main landing gear components on this NASA CV-990, modified…

CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft
CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft

NASA 710, a Convair 990 transport aircraft formerly used for medium-altitude atmospheric research, cruises over the Mojave Desert near NASA's…

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

NASA Flight Research Center Pilots, 1962.

Dryden People
Dryden People

NASA aerospace engineer Dale Reed enjoys a moment in the cockpit of the restored wingless M2-F1 in 1997.

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…

C-47 Tows M2-F1 Lifting Body
C-47 Tows M2-F1 Lifting Body

The M2-F1 Lifting Body is seen here being towed behind a C-47 at the Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA.