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ECN-2301
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ECN-2301

NASA / AFRC · 1969-09-10 · photograph (digital archive)

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The Hyper III was a low-cost test vehicle for an advanced lifting-body shape. Like the earlier M2-F1, it was a "homebuilt" research aircraft, i.e., built at the Flight Research Center (FRC), later redesignated the Dryden Flight Research Center. It had a steel-tube frame covered with Dacron, a fiberglass nose, sheet aluminum fins, and a wing from an HP-11 sailplane. Construction was by volunteers at the FRC.

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Lifting BodyRemotely Piloted Research VehicleRPRVFlight Research CenterFRCDryden Flight Research CenterHyper IIIMilt ThompsonBruce PetersonSH-3hypersonicDick Fischer
Credit lineECN-2301. NASA/AFRC, 1969-09-10. Public domain. ID: ECN-2301.
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