The NASA M2-F1 is a lightweight, unpowered prototype aircraft, developed to flight-test the wingless lifting body concept. Its unusual appearance earned...
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of Reed's program was the NASA M2-F1, an unpowered craft made of wood. Initial tests were performed by towing the M2-F1 along a dry lakebed at Edwards...
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and built by the Northrop Corporation in 1966. The success of Dryden's M2-F1 program led to NASA's development and construction of two heavyweight lifting...
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of the M2-F1 and M2-F2 lifting body reentry configurations had validated the concept of piloted lifting body reentry from space. When the M2-F2 crashed...
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the hospital. He also made 17 NASA M2-F1, 2 other M2-F2 and 1 Northrop HL-10 lifting body flights. Portions of M2-F2 footage including Peterson's spectacular...
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fly; it followed the NASA M2-F1 in 1964, the Northrop HL-10 in (1966), the Northrop M2-F2 in 1966 and preceded the Northrop M2-F3 (1970). The X-24A was...
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Alpine F1 Team, currently racing as BWT Alpine F1 Team for sponsorship reasons, is the name under which the Enstone-based Formula One team has been competing...
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This is a comprehensive list of hospitals in Thailand. The list is sorted with Bangkok at the top, and then in the alphabetical order of the provinces...
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Sauber Motorsport (redirect from Sauber-Petronas F1)
Sauber Motorsport AG currently competing in Formula One as Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber and also known simply as Kick Sauber or Sauber, is a Swiss motorsport...
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Aston Martin in Formula One (redirect from Aston Martin F1 Team)
Aston Martin, returning as a full-time F1 driver for the Haas F1 Team in 2023. Aston Martin have a new 37,000 m2 (400,000 sq ft) factory at their Silverstone...
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The Dassault Mirage F1 is a French fighter and attack aircraft designed and manufactured by Dassault Aviation. It was developed as a successor to the Mirage...
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projects. He made one of the earliest flights in the plywood M2-F1, and flew the HL-10, the M2-F3, and the X-24B. He made the highest-ever flight in a lifting...
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M2 line of the Istanbul Metro and the Kabataş-Taksim Funicular (F1) line. Taksim was opened on 16 September 2000 as the southern terminus of the M2 until...
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from their fuselages instead of wings, and tested the NASA M2-F1, Northrop M2-F2, Northrop M2-F3, Northrop HL-10, Martin Marietta X-24A, and the Martin...
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California hot-rodder Bill Straub was used as a tow vehicle in the NASA M2-F1 program. Mild facelifting including new grilles and taillights highlighted...
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December 1963 and January 1964, Yeager completed five flights in the NASA M2-F1 lifting body. An accident during a December 1963 test flight in one of the...
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blended wing body (B-1 Lancer), flying wing with bulged fairings (B-2 Spirit), and almost clean flying wing (Northrop YB-49) and Lifting body (M2-F1)....
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Mercedes-Benz in Formula One (redirect from Mercedes GP-Petronas F1 Team)
manufacturer for various periods since 1954. The current Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team is based in Brackley, England, and possesses a German licence. An announcement...
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and Helios NASA Hyper III – Lifting body remotely piloted vehicle NASA M2-F1 – Lifting body/re-entry vehicle NASA Pathfinder – Solar-powered aircraft...
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NASA M2-F1 Fixed Wing Model Retired (1) Ames Research Center, Armstrong Flight Research Center Armstrong Flight Research Center The NASA M2-F1 was a...
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Vehicle Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era NASA M2-F1 Northrop M2-F2 Northrop M2-F3 Northrop HL-10 MiG-105 SpaceDev Dream Chaser "NASA X-38...
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comparable role, configuration, and era Martin Marietta X-24 NASA M2-F1 Northrop M2-F2 Northrop M2-F3 X-38 Crew Return Vehicle Related lists List of experimental...
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S-3 S-4 S-5 Experimental "X" (1948–present) See also AD-1 HiMAT HL-10 M2-F1 M2-F2 M2-F3 XQ-58 XQ-67 1 Not assigned 2 Assigned to multiple types 3 Unofficial...
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AA-52 machine gun (redirect from AAT-F1)
Republic France: F1 variant. Gabon Georgia: used some ANF1 to protect Camp Warehouse, Afghanistan, under French command. Indonesia: AAT-F1 variant mounted...
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The X-24 was one of a series of experimental aircraft, including the M2-F1, M2-F2, HL-10, and HL-20, by NASA and Air Force programs to develop the lifting...
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novelist Test pilot Milton Orville Thompson made the first flight of the NASA M2-F1, a wingless lifting body glider nicknamed the "flying bathtub". The lifting...
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Thompson became the first person to fly a lifting body, the lightweight NASA M2-F1. The plywood and steel-tubing prototype was flown as a glider after being...
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The Team Rocket F1 Rocket is a two-seat sport plane formerly built in Czech Republic and marketed as a kit for amateur construction by Team Rocket of Texas...
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The AMX-30 AuF1 is a French self-propelled gun vehicle currently in use by the armies of France and Saudi Arabia. It replaced the former Mk F3 155mm in...
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Range: 11 mi (18 km, 9.6 nmi) Service ceiling: 12,000 ft (3,660 m) NASA M2-F1 Related lists List of NASA aircraft List of experimental aircraft Taylor...
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