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More than 400 ground tows and 77 aircraft tow flights were carried out with the M2-F1. The success of Dryden's M2-F1 program led to NASA's development and construction of two heavyweight lifting bodies based on studies at NASA's Ames and
Langley research centers – the
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Forward visibility in the M2-F1 was very limited on tow, requiring
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2634:Wingless Flight: The Lifting Body Story
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2632:Reed, R. Dale; Darlene Lister (2002).
649:First M2-F1 Flight. 77 total flights.
438:– N86652, 77 flights, 400 ground tows
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561:9 lb/sq ft (44 kg/m)
2722:NASA Dryden M2-F1 Photo Collection
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506:139 sq ft (12.9 m)
500:9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
2672:(3rd ed.). Voyageur Press.
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58:Dryden Flight Research Center
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449:Air Force Flight Test Museum
389:Donald M. Sorlie – 5 flights
175:Ames Aeronautical Laboratory
2664:Jenkins, Dennis R. (2001).
2557:Safe landing. Last flight.
524:1,250 lb (567 kg)
518:1,182 lb (536 kg)
512:1,000 lb (454 kg)
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179:Mountain View, California
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473:General characteristics
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239:The M2-F1 and its 1963
190:Briegleb Glider Company
46:technology demonstrator
2555:Fired landing rockets.
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443:Aircraft on display
36:General information
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1861:February 16, 1965
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799:2nd flight of day
784:September 3, 1963
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622:First Ground Tow.
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393:Donald L. Mallick
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231:Tow testing
165:Development
155:NASA Dryden
3288:Categories
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2620:References
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417:Fred Haise
407:– 1 flight
276:hot-rodded
225:California
209:Cessna 180
205:Cessna 150
143:NASA M2-F1
118:16 August
79:On display
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2516:Peterson
2509:M2-F1 #76
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1732:M2-F1 #45
1714:Peterson
1707:M2-F1 #44
1689:Peterson
1682:M2-F1 #43
1664:Peterson
1657:M2-F1 #42
1639:Thompson
1632:M2-F1 #41
1614:Peterson
1607:M2-F1 #40
1589:Peterson
1582:M2-F1 #39
1564:Peterson
1557:M2-F1 #38
1539:Peterson
1532:M2-F1 #37
1514:Peterson
1507:M2-F1 #36
1489:Thompson
1482:M2-F1 #35
1464:Thompson
1457:M2-F1 #34
1439:Peterson
1432:M2-F1 #33
1414:Thompson
1407:M2-F1 #32
1389:Thompson
1382:M2-F1 #31
1357:M2-F1 #30
1332:M2-F1 #29
1307:M2-F1 #28
1282:M2-F1 #27
1257:M2-F1 #26
1232:M2-F1 #25
1214:Peterson
1207:M2-F1 #24
1189:Peterson
1182:M2-F1 #23
1164:Thompson
1157:M2-F1 #22
1139:Thompson
1132:M2-F1 #21
1112:Peterson
1105:M2-F1 #20
1087:Peterson
1080:M2-F1 #19
1055:M2-F1 #18
1037:Thompson
1030:M2-F1 #17
1012:Thompson
1005:M2-F1 #16
987:Thompson
980:M2-F1 #15
962:Thompson
955:M2-F1 #14
937:Thompson
930:M2-F1 #13
912:Thompson
905:M2-F1 #12
887:Thompson
880:M2-F1 #11
862:Thompson
855:M2-F1 #10
837:Thompson
812:Thompson
787:Thompson
762:Thompson
737:Thompson
712:Thompson
687:Thompson
662:Thompson
637:Thompson
610:Thompson
597:Comments
584:Duration
575:Flight #
492:Wingspan:
423:Joe Engle
405:Bill Dana
358:program.
3214:See also
2564:See also
2469:0:04:00
2444:0:02:00
2192:0:00:09
2092:0:04:30
1992:0:06:00
1667:0:06:50
1592:0:04:08
1517:0:08:00
1442:0:02:25
1364:Mallick
1339:Mallick
1192:0:04:44
1090:0:03:15
1065:0:01:35
1040:0:01:00
965:0:07:45
915:0:03:52
890:0:03:00
865:0:02:20
840:0:01:51
830:M2-F1 #9
815:0:01:26
805:M2-F1 #8
780:M2-F1 #7
765:0:04:50
755:M2-F1 #6
730:M2-F1 #5
715:0:04:42
705:M2-F1 #4
690:0:02:25
680:M2-F1 #3
665:0:02:09
655:M2-F1 #2
640:0:02:00
630:M2-F1 #1
603:M2-F1 #0
592:Altitude
587:Velocity
346:and the
126:Variants
64:Designer
2763:X-plane
2541:Gentry
2189:Gentry
2114:Sorlie
2089:Sorlie
2039:Sorlie
2014:Sorlie
1989:Sorlie
1314:Yeager
1289:Yeager
1264:Yeager
1239:Yeager
1062:Yeager
589:(km/h)
573:Vehicle
566:Flights
498:Height:
486:Length:
269:elevons
241:Pontiac
115:Retired
102:History
2676:
2640:
2525:3,650
2500:3,650
2475:3,650
2450:3,650
2425:3,650
2400:3,650
2375:3,650
2350:3,650
2325:3,650
2300:3,650
2275:3,650
2250:3,650
2225:3,650
2173:3,650
2148:3,650
2123:3,650
2098:3,650
2073:3,650
2048:3,650
2023:3,650
1998:3,650
1973:3,650
1948:3,650
1923:3,650
1898:3,650
1873:3,650
1848:3,650
1823:3,650
1798:3,650
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1473:3,650
1448:3,650
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1398:3,650
1373:3,650
1348:3,650
1323:3,650
1298:3,650
1273:3,650
1248:3,650
1223:3,650
1198:3,650
1173:3,650
1148:3,650
1121:3,650
1096:3,650
1071:3,650
1046:3,650
1021:3,650
996:3,650
971:3,650
946:3,650
921:3,650
896:3,650
871:3,650
846:3,650
821:3,650
796:3,650
771:3,650
746:3,650
721:3,650
696:3,650
671:3,650
646:3,650
581:Pilot
366:Pilots
265:rudder
76:Status
3256:XQ-67
3251:XQ-58
3246:M2-F3
3241:M2-F2
3236:M2-F1
3231:HL-10
3226:HiMAT
3093:X-47C
3088:X-47B
3057:X-44
2945:X-24C
2164:Dana
578:Date
480:Crew:
22:M2-F1
3221:AD-1
3201:X-66
3196:X-65
3191:X-64
3186:X-63
3181:X-62
3176:X-61
3171:X-60
3166:X-59
3161:X-58
3156:X-57
3151:X-56
3146:X-55
3141:X-54
3136:X-53
3131:X-52
3126:X-51
3110:X-50
3105:X-49
3100:X-48
3083:X-47
3078:X-46
3073:X-45
3053:X-43
3048:X-42
3043:X-41
3038:X-40
3033:X-39
3028:X-38
3023:X-37
3018:X-36
3013:X-35
3008:X-34
3003:X-33
2998:X-32
2993:X-31
2988:X-30
2983:X-29
2978:X-28
2973:X-27
2968:X-26
2952:X-25
2940:X-24
2935:X-23
2930:X-22
2925:X-21
2920:X-20
2915:X-19
2910:X-18
2905:X-17
2900:X-16
2895:X-15
2890:X-14
2885:X-13
2880:X-12
2875:X-11
2870:X-10
2674:ISBN
2638:ISBN
2547:200
2522:240
2497:240
2472:240
2447:240
2422:240
2397:240
2372:240
2347:240
2322:240
2297:240
2272:240
2247:240
2222:240
2195:200
2170:240
2145:240
2120:240
2095:240
2070:240
2045:240
2020:240
1995:240
1970:240
1945:240
1920:240
1895:240
1870:240
1845:240
1820:240
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1770:240
1745:240
1720:240
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1670:240
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818:240
793:240
768:240
743:240
718:240
693:240
668:240
643:240
616:135
594:(m)
352:X-24
334:and
159:1963
151:1962
141:The
120:1966
88:NASA
41:Type
2865:X-9
2860:X-8
2855:X-7
2850:X-6
2845:X-5
2840:X-4
2835:X-3
2830:X-2
2825:X-1
2800:S-5
2795:S-4
2790:S-3
2785:S-2
2780:S-1
2550:10
2198:10
451:on
305:L/D
196:'s
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