Northrop HL-10
There are flying wings, which are wings without fuselages, then there are lifting bodies—fuselages without wings. One example of a lifting body is the Northrop HL-10 (right), which would be dropped from a B-52 at high altitudes, then landed at Edwards Air Force Base’s Rogers Dry Lake after a brief flight, paving the way for future “space shuttle” operations. Also pictured are Martin’s X-24A (left) and Northrop’s M2-F2 (center).
