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Word: f2 (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...contraption looked more like an inverted flat iron than a flying machine. With two tail fins and no wings, a rounded belly and a flat top, the experimental craft M2-F2 was rolled out last week by Northrop's Norair division and turned over to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for a series of test flights. M2-F2 is a wingless glider, called the Manned Lifting Body Research Vehicle, designed to be used eventually to ferry astronauts back from space to a dry landing rather than an ocean dunking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: The Wingless Glider | 6/25/1965 | See Source »

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