NASA M2-F1 Pilots, Dryden flight research center
Summary
(November 12, 1963) The M2-F1 lifting body aircraft rests on the sun-baked floor of a dry lake bed located out in the Mojave Desert at the Dryden Flight Research Center, California. Pilot Chuck Yeager, seated in the cockpit of the M2- F1, talks with fellow pilots from left to right Milt Thompson, Don Malick and Bruce Peterson. All three flew the lifting body in several flights. The vehicle later suffered a mishap when Peterson was landing it--the oil in the landing gear hydraulics was not suitable for cold temperatures and caused the gear to break and the vehicle to suffer minor damage. (Image # E-10628)
NASA Photo Collection
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- M2-F1 Used as Check-Out Vehicle for Other Pilots - NASA
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- File:M2-F1 Pilots - GPN-2000-000082.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
- M2-F1 - NASA
- Ask Us - Bruce Peterson In Memoriam - Aerospaceweb.org
- Chuck Yeager's Amazing Life Told Through The Airplanes He Flew
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- M2 f1 hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy
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bruce peterson
chuck yeager
don malick
flight research center
m 2 f 1 lifting body
milt thompson
mojave desert
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pilot chuck yeager
dryden flight research center
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fellow pilots
body aircraft
right milt thompson
gear hydraulics
m 2 f 1
body
flights
peterson
gear
nasa
california
Date
1963
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Location
Armstrong Flight Research Center
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NASA
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