Wingless Aircraft: Future Space Ferry Tested
Wingless Aircraft: Future Space Ferry Tested
A wingless metal capsule....a future space ferry...gets its first test flight at Edwards Air Force Base in California. It drops from beneath the wing of a bomber at 45,000 feet, maneuvers, flattens into a glide, and comes in for a perfect landing by NASA test pilot Milton Thompson. A space ferry in development. MS pilot entering unique, small craft. VS military cargo plane in flight. LS space ferry in flight after being deployed from cargo plane; it has a successful landing. Milton Thompson is seated in his metal capsule. Ground to Air - Underbelly of the plane. CUS - The capsule is tucked under the wing of the plane. Ground to Air - The pilot in the large plane releases the capsule and the pilot. At first, it drops straight down, but then it starts to glide. It safely lands on the air strip (airstrip) at Edwards Air Force Base.