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X-24

DFRC Photo # Photo Date Image Description
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X-24A
ECN-2006 1968 X-24A on lakebed
E-18769 18 Apr 1967 X-24A Lifting Body on lakebed with control surfaces in subsonic, low-drag configuration
ECN-2511 1970 X-24A in powered flight after drop from B-52 mothership
E-22715 1971 X-24A on lakebed with pilot Major Cecil Powell
E-19626 1967 X-24A cockpit front instrument panel
E-19629 1967 X-24A cockpit right instrument panel
ECN-1926 1968 X-24A mounted in full-scale wind tunnel with simulated ablative coating
E-23377 1971 X-24A detailing subsonic control surface configuration
E-23356 1971 XLR-11 engine closeup in X-24A
X-24B
E-25283 Nov 1972 X-24B on lakebed
ECN-3764 1973 X-24B on lakebed
EC75-4642 1975 X-24B in flight above lakebed
EC75-4643 1975 X-24B in flight above lakebed
ECN-4351 1972 X-24B landing on lakebed with F-104N chase
EC75-4914 24 Oct 1975 X-24B landing on lakebed with F-104 chase, simulating a Shuttle landing
ECN-4916 1975 X-24B landing
ECN-3659 1973 X-24B cockpit
ECN-3306 1972 X-24B on lakebed showing upper body shape
E-26140 1973 X-24B landing gear drop test
ECN-4968 1976 X-24B on lakebed with research pilots Einar Enevoldson, John Manke, Richard Scobee, Tom McMurtry, Bill Dana, and Michael Love
E-29038 1975 X-24B with test pilot Bill Dana
E-29374 4 Feb 1976 X-24B with test pilot Lt. Col. Michael V. Love
E-26487 1973 X-24B with test pilot Michael V. Love
ECN-4922 1975 X-24B with test pilot Tom McMurtry
Lifting Body Fleet
EC69-2358 1969 Lifting Bodies on lakebed
ECN-2359 1969 Lifting Bodies on lakebed
E-21093 1969 3 Lifting Bodies on lakebed
ECN-2353 1969 3 Lifting Bodies on lakebed (X-24A, M2-F3, HL-10)
E-21115 1969 3 Lifting Bodies on lakebed (X-24A, M2-F3, HL-10)
E76-30317 May 1976 Aero Spacelines B377SGT Super Guppy on ramp loading the X-24B and HL-10 lifting bodies for transportation to the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

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Testing the Lifting Bodies at Edwards by Robert G. Hoey.



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