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ListerForeword by General Chuck Yeager  \nThe NASA History Series  \nNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA History OfficeOffice of Policy and PlansWashington,DC 1997  \n事判甲甲山4d  \nLibrary of Congress cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nReed,R.Dale,1930  \nWingless Flight:The Lifing Body Story/R.Dale Reed,with Darlene Lister:foreword by Chuck Yeager.p.cm.—(SP;4220.NASA History Series)  \nIncludes bibliographical references(p.)and index.  \n1.Lifting bodies-United States—Design and consfruction—History.2.NASA Dryden Flight Research Center—History.  \nI.Lister,Darlene,1945-.II.Title.II.Series:NASA SP;4220.IV.Series:NASA Historical Series.  \nTL713.7.R441997629.133'3—de21  \nFor sale by the U.S.Govemment Printing OfficeSuperintendent of Documents,Mail Stop:SSOP,Washinglon,DC 20402-9328ISBN 0-16-049390-0  \nISBN 0-16-049390-0  \nDEDICATED TO BRAVERY AND FAITH  \nPaul Bikle  \nA leader who believed in our cause and put his career at high risk by having faith inus to meet our commitments.  \nMilt Thompson  \nA research test pilot who not only put his life at risk but exhibited complete faith inwingless fight and those ofus who made it happen.  \nCONTENTS  \nAcknowledgments………………………………………………………………………………………………iii  \nForeword ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………V  \nIntroduction ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………vii  \nChapter l The Adventure Begins ……………………………………………………………1  \nChapter 2 “Flying Bathtub”………………………………………………………………19  \nChapter 3 Commitment to Risk ………………………………………………………………41  \nChapter 4 On to the Heavyweights ……………………………………………………65  \nChapter 5 Angry Machines ………………………………………………………………………87  \nChapter 6 Back to the Drawing Board ……………………………………………1ll  \nChapter 7 Wingless Flight Matures ……………………………………………………129  \nChapter 8 Lifting-Body Racehorses …………………………………………………155  \nChapter 9 Wingless Flight Lives On ………………………………………………179  \nAppendix………………………………………………………………………………………………………………193  \nGlossary ………………………………………………………………………………………………………201  \nBibliography …………………………………………………………………………………………………211  \nAbout the Author………………………………………………………………………………………………215  \nIndex…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………217  \nThe NASA History Series …………………………………………………………………………227  \nWINGLESS FLIGHT  \n# Foreword\n\nWhen Dale Reed asked me to write the foreword to his book,Wingless Flight:TheLifting Body Story,I had to think back a long ways to remember the day that PaulBikle asked me to fy the M2-F¹lifting body.It was a very interesting program thatwould give a space vehicle similar to the present day space shuttle the ability tomaneuver.During the time that the lifting body program was being flown,space cap-sules were re-entering the Earth's atmosphere in a ballistic path and had very litleability to maneuver.  \nThe concept behind the lifting body program was to investigate the ability of the pilotto land in a horizontal mode which required an excessive angle of attack to flare.Ienjoyed flying the lifting body and probably found it easier to fly than most pilotsbecause of my experience with the XF-92 airplane which landed with extremely highangles of attack similar to those later experienced with lifting bodies.  \nDale's book covers the warm things that go on during the test programs at Edwards AirForce Base,California.Dale has emphasized the cooperative effort that must takeplace between the people he calls the Real Stuff (people who create and service theflying machines)and the Right Stuff(pilots who fly the machines).Most of the NASAlifting body crews(about 90 percent)were made up of ex-military mechanics andtechnicians,mostly Air Force and of excellent caliber.I owe a deep debt of gratitudeto many an aircraft crew chief in my career.These crew chiefs provided me with air-craft in first-class condition to fly by working themselves and their people long hoursto stay on schedule.  \nTest pilots,on the other hand,were a different 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