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Northrop M2-F1

Description
  Manufacturer:Northrop
  Base model:M2-F
  Designation:M2-F
  Version:1
  Basic role:Experimental/Research aircraft
  First Flew:1970/06/02

Specifications
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Examples of this type may be found at
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National Air and Space MuseumWashingtonDist of Col

M2-F1 on display

National Air and Space Museum
    


 

Recent comments by our visitors
 Willy Logan
 Norman, OK
The aircraft in the picture is actually the Northrop M2-F2/3. The M2-F1 was a wooden glider that proved the lifting body concept before the all-metal, rocket-powered M2-F2 was tested. A crash of the M2-F2 prompted the conversion into the M2-F3 (with a center tail).
09/01/2005 @ 18:38 [ref: 11143]