Lifting body
The lifting body is an aircraft configuration where the body itself produces lift. It is related to, but the opposite of, a flying wing, an aircraft whose fuselage is contained by the wing.
External links
- Lifting Bodies Fact Sheet (NASA)
- NASA Photo Collections from Dryden Flight Research Center
- HL-10
- M2-F1
- M2-F2
- M2-F3
- X-24A and X24B
- Short M2-F1 history
- Some history of lifting body flight
- Wingless Flight: The Lifting Body Story. NASA History Series SP-4220 1997 PDF
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | List of Dryden Flight Research Center lifting body vehicles (1963 to 1975) |
| ► | Lifting body pilots and flights |
| ► | External links |
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