Ames Aeronautical Laboratory Gallery

Choose from 8 images in our Ames Aeronautical Laboratory Collection

A photo of model airplane builders James B. Newman and Robert L. McDonald preparing for a flight with models of

Following the first M2-F1 airtow flight on 16 August 1963, the Flight Research Center used the vehicle for both

After the grounding of the M2-F1 in 1966, it was kept in outside storage on the Dryden complex

This photo shows the cockpit configuration of the M2-F1 wingless lifting body

In this photo of the M2-F1 lifting body and the Paresev 1B on the ramp, the viewer sees two vehicles representing

NASA Flight Research Pilot Milt Thompson, shown here on the lakebed with the M2-F1 lifting body

The M2-F1 was fitted with an ejection seat before the airtow flights began

After initial ground-tow flights of the M2-F1 using the Pontiac as a tow vehicle

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