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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,…
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 Lakebed. Like the other lifting bodies, the HL-10…
The HL-10 touches down on its main landing gear, while the pilot was holding the nose up to slow the…
Pilot Major Jerauld R. Gentry stands in front of the HL-10 Lifting Body. Gentry was the Air Force project pilot…
NASA research pilot Bill Dana takes a moment to watch NASA's NB-52B cruise overhead after a research flight in the…
The Aero Spacelines B377SGT Super Guppy was at Dryden in May, 1976 to ferry the X-24 and HL-10 lifting bodies…
The HL-10 lifting body is seen here in flight over Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards AFB. After the vehicle's fins…
The HL-10 was one of five heavyweight lifting-body designs flown at NASA's Flight Research Center (FRC-later Dryden Flight Research Center),…
