NASA Lifting Bodies on Lakebed, Armstrong flight research center
(November 30, 1968) The wingless lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. From left to right are the X-24A, M2-F3 and the HL-10.... More
NASA M2-F3, Dryden history gallery
ECN-3448 NASA research pilot John A. Manke is seen here in front of the M2-F3 Lifting Body. Manke was hired by NASA on May 25, 1962, as a flight research engineer. He was later assigned to the pilot's office an... More
Test Pilot John A. Manke and M2-F3 Lifting Body
(1972) NASA research pilot John A. Manke is seen here in front of the M2-F3 lifting body. Manke was hired by NASA on May 25, 1962, as a flight research engineer. He was later assigned to the pilot's office and ... More
NASA M2-F3, Dryden history gallery
ECN-2461The M2-F3 Lifting Body is seen here on the lakebed next to the NASA Flight Research Center (FRC--later Dryden Flight Research Center), Edwards, California. The May 1967 crash of the M2-F2 had torn off t... More
NASA M2-F3, Dryden history gallery
E-21528 The M2-F3 Lifting Body is seen here on the lakebed at the NASA Flight Research Center (FRC--later the Dryden Flight Research Center), Edwards, California. After a three-year-long redesign and rebuilding... More
NASA M2-F3, Dryden history gallery
EC71-2774 M2-F3 Lifting Body is launched from NASA’s B-52 mothership at the NASA Flight Research Center (FRC--now the Dryden Flight Research Center), Edwards, California. A fleet of lifting bodies flown at the ... More
M2-F3 In-Flight Launch from the B-52 Mothership
(1971) This photo shows the M2-F3 lifting body being launched from NASA's B- 52 mothership at the NASA Flight Research Center (FRC--now the Armstrong Flight Research Center), Edwards, California. A fleet of lif... More
NASA M2-F3, Dryden history gallery
E-21533The M2-F3 Lifting Body is seen here on the lakebed next to the NASA Flight Research Center (later the Dryden Flight Research Center), Edwards, California. Redesigned and rebuilt from the M2-F2, the M2-F3... More
NASA M2-F3, Dryden history gallery
ECN-2368Cockpit instrument panel of the M2-F3 Lifting Body. May 6,1970 NASA Photo NASA Identifier: 328904main_ECN-2368