All posts tagged 'Lifting Body'

Tom McMurtry, Renowned Former NASA Pilot

Posted on January 9th, 2015 · Posted in Pilots & Everyone Else

Thomas C. McMurtry was respected by peers, admired for his piloting skills and appreciated for his mentoring by many who knew him. The retired NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center research pilot died Jan. 3. He was 79. He is known for his exploits behind the stick of such aircraft as..
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Remembering aerospace pioneer William H. Dana

Posted on May 6th, 2014 · Posted in Pilots & Everyone Else

One of the nation’s most respected aerospace pioneers has passed away. Distinguished research pilot and aeronautical engineer William Harvey Dana died on May 6, 2014. His long and illustrious career at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center spanned more than 48 years, during which Dana logged more than 8,000 hours in..
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Flying Flatirons, From Lifting Body to Space Shuttle – 1985 Wings & Airpower CD

Posted on August 24th, 2012 · Posted in Wings & Airpower Articles

In The Race For Space, It Was Not Always The U.S. Against The Russians, Sometimes It Was NASA Against The Air Force In The Curious Case Of The Forgotten Lifting Bodies! By Terry L. Sunday, in the August 1985 edition of Wings Martin Marietta’s X-24A was the last of three..
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