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Pioneers of aeronautical engineering: Dale Reed – father of the lifting bodies

NASA engineer Dale Reed pioneered the lifting body concept, helped shape the Space Shuttle, and led groundbreaking remotely ...
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Noted NASA Aeronautics Researcher Dale Reed Dies

Robert Dale Reed, a distinguished NASA aeronautics researcher who pioneered Lifting Body and remotely piloted research aircraft programs at the Dryden Flight Research Center in the 1960s and 70s has ...
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Flight test files: Northrop HL-10 – Solving the aerodynamics of reentry

In the 1960s, NASA wanted to understand how a spacecraft might return from space and land on a runway without a traditional wing, which led to a study of the lifting body. The HL-10 was one of five ...
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From The Archives: Northrop’s M2-F2 Lifting Body Mated To Wing Of Boeing B-52

The cover of Aviation Week & Space Technology’s Oct. 11, 1965, issue featured Northrop Corp.'s M2-F2 lifting body research vehicle mated to the wing of a Boeing B-52 at NASA’s Flight Research Center ...