What Cockpit?
Sorry ,have to be Open House.....
I can’t remember the aircraft but I know it’s a glider.
Try this:
![](https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1304x955/wc_220817_bf5e8617339f9b0b0fff87c94b91de05c768bf06.png)
![](https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1304x955/wc_220817_bf5e8617339f9b0b0fff87c94b91de05c768bf06.png)
Yes, a glider.
Unusual glider, only one built, for research purposes.
You're on the right track, but I can't offer a prize of that magnitude! ![Smilie](https://www.pprune.org/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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Seen here with the late great Col Yeager.
M2F1 Lifting Body research vehicle -the earliest prdecessor of the Space Shuttle.
Made of plywood on an ally frame by (including) a craftsman who'd worked on the Spruce Goose, landing gear fron a Cessna 150 - and all for the princely sum of $30,000.
M2F1 Lifting Body research vehicle -the earliest prdecessor of the Space Shuttle.
Made of plywood on an ally frame by (including) a craftsman who'd worked on the Spruce Goose, landing gear fron a Cessna 150 - and all for the princely sum of $30,000.
![](https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/536x430/screenshot_2022_08_20_at_22_21_11_e53192317f34dcd35326a2749b38007eaccaf522.png)
Last edited by meleagertoo; 20th Aug 2022 at 21:35.
Well done, meleagertoo, it’s the M2F1. I suspect Noyade knew the answer, but he was pipped at the post!
A "homebuilt" proof of concept glider for all of NASA’s lifting bodies.
Here it is on tow:
![](https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1800x2000/m2_f1_in_tow_gpn_2000_000097_9d484519a9713baabb42f971242ed4d8a859ae5f.jpg)
I have trouble imagining flying a glider where you have to look at the towplane or runway through a window in the nose!
Looking at the probe on the nose, I wonder if they would have been better off with a glider yaw-string, rather than the almost obscured yaw-vane.
More information on Wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_M2-F1
and this great video:
LIFTING BODIES - The Critical Link from X-15 to Space Shuttle
meleagertoo has control
PS I don't think that is Chuck Yeager in the picture. Possibly Milt Thompson?
A "homebuilt" proof of concept glider for all of NASA’s lifting bodies.
Here it is on tow:
![](https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1800x2000/m2_f1_in_tow_gpn_2000_000097_9d484519a9713baabb42f971242ed4d8a859ae5f.jpg)
I have trouble imagining flying a glider where you have to look at the towplane or runway through a window in the nose!
Looking at the probe on the nose, I wonder if they would have been better off with a glider yaw-string, rather than the almost obscured yaw-vane.
More information on Wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_M2-F1
and this great video:
LIFTING BODIES - The Critical Link from X-15 to Space Shuttle
meleagertoo has control
PS I don't think that is Chuck Yeager in the picture. Possibly Milt Thompson?
Hate to see this wonderful thread languishing idle, even though I haven't got one to post, I'll give it a shot.
How about a C-17? Perhaps a prototype/early version?
Not sure about the throttles (or should that be thrust levers?) on the left. Don't think a C-17 has that feature.
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How about a C-17? Perhaps a prototype/early version?
Not sure about the throttles (or should that be thrust levers?) on the left. Don't think a C-17 has that feature.
![](https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/645x477/screenshot_2022_08_22_at_10_48_52_8df3c5c8a0e6c153e9a714b10070b5a2df685019.png)
very clean - looks like model or mockup