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ARC-1959-A-24953
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Lockheed JF-104A (AF56-745A Tail No. 60745) Starfighter airplane piloted by Fred Drinkwater conducted flight testing that demonstrated steep approaches that were ultimately used by the space shuttle. Steep descent testing, including power-off landing approaches and demonstration of minimum lift-to-drag ratio (L/D) landings came out of the interest in the use of low L/D lifting bodies for recovery to landing from space.
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Credit lineARC-1959-A-24953. NASA/ARC, 1959-03-19. Public domain. ID: ARC-1959-A-24953.
