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![The Bell Aircraft Company X-2 (46-674) drops away from its Boeing B-50 mothership in this photo. Lt. Col. Frank "Pete" Everest piloted 674 on its first unpowered flight on August 5 1954. He made the first rocket-powered flight on November 18, 1955. Everest made the first supersonic X-2 flight in 674 on April 25, 1956, achieving a speed of Mach 1.40. In July, he reached Mach 2.87, just short of the Mach 3 goal. Image # : E-2820 Date: Circa 1957 Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/GE4JF5/the-bell-aircraft-company-x-2-46-674-drops-away-from-its-boeing-b-GE4JF5.jpg "The Bell Aircraft Company X-2 (46-674) drops away from its Boeing B-50 mothership in this photo. Lt. Col. Frank "Pete" Everest piloted 674 on its first unpowered flight on August 5 1954. He made the first rocket-powered flight on November 18, 1955. Everest made the first supersonic X-2 flight in 674 on April 25, 1956, achieving a speed of Mach 1.40. In July, he reached Mach 2.87, just short of the Mach 3 goal. Image # : E-2820 Date: Circa 1957 Stock Photo")
RMGE4JF5–The Bell Aircraft Company X-2 (46-674) drops away from its Boeing B-50 mothership in this photo. Lt. Col. Frank "Pete" Everest piloted 674 on its first unpowered flight on August 5 1954. He made the first rocket-powered flight on November 18, 1955. Everest made the first supersonic X-2 flight in 674 on April 25, 1956, achieving a speed of Mach 1.40. In July, he reached Mach 2.87, just short of the Mach 3 goal. Image # : E-2820 Date: Circa 1957
RM2CTE347–(12 Oct. 1977) --- The Orbiter 101 'Enterprise' separates from the NASA 747 carrier aircraft to begin its first 'tailcone-off' unpowered flight over desert and mountains of Southern California. A T-38 chase plane follows in right background. This was the fourth in a series of five piloted free flights.
RMBP4PN9–Television presenter Holly Walsh and Joel Hicks before their flight at the Worthing International Birdman. Worthing,
RM2CTE30D–(13 Sept 1977) --- The shuttle orbiter 101 'Enterprise' lands on the desert at Edwards Air Force Base to conclude a five-minute, 31-second unpowered flight during the second free-flight of the Shuttle Approach and Landing Test (ALT) series, on September 13, 1977. Two T-38 chase planes remain with the 'Enterprise' for the landing. Asstronauts Joe H. Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot, were the crewmen for the flight.
RM2M9BDCC–Orville and Wilbur Wright test unpowered gliders against the wind at Kitty Hawk. The first powered flight was achieved there on 17th December 1903
RMRA4B2C–(12 Oct. 1977) --- The Orbiter 101 'Enterprise' separates from the NASA 747 carrier aircraft to begin its first 'tailcone-off' unpowered flight over desert and mountains of Southern California. A T-38 chase plane follows in right background. This was the fourth in a series of five piloted free flights.
RM2CW4JNR–Old Warden Aerodrome, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, UK. 27th Sep, 2020. In order to comply with the COVID-19 guidelines the Shuttleworth Collection have proceeded with their season of airshows by making them drive-in events. To avoid visitors gathering at the fence line during the flying displays they must stay within a box around their cars which are parked on the grounds facing the runway. Many have laid out picnics beside their cars. The show highlighted the centenary of de Havilland Aircraft with a large number of historic planes taking part. Fauvel glider performing aerobatics. Loop the loop
RMRA4BGB–(13 Sept 1977) --- The shuttle orbiter 101 'Enterprise' lands on the desert at Edwards Air Force Base to conclude a five-minute, 31-second unpowered flight during the second free-flight of the Shuttle Approach and Landing Test (ALT) series, on September 13, 1977. Two T-38 chase planes remain with the 'Enterprise' for the landing. Asstronauts Joe H. Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot, were the crewmen for the flight.
RM2JD64F4–Orville and Wilbur Wright test unpowered gliders against the wind at Kitty Hawk. The first powered flight was achieved there on 17th December 1903 Colourised version of : 10001872 Date: Dec-03
RMKWTPCD–A 1933 illustration showing a 1903 Wright brothers biplane glider aeroplane with 'front mounted elevator' and its pilot in flight in a cradle.
RM2CF786A–The Bell Aircraft Company X-2 (46-674) drops away from its Boeing B-50 mothership in this photo. Lt. Col. Frank 'Pete' Everest piloted 674 on its first unpowered flight on August 5 1954. He made the first rocket-powered flight on November 18, 1955. Everest made the first supersonic X-2 flight in 674 on April 25, 1956, achieving a speed of Mach 1.40. In July, he reached Mach 2.87, just short of the Mach 3 goal.
RME6JJK3–Wilbur Wright after landing the unpowered 1901 glider December 31, 1900 in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. Glider skid marks are visible behind it, and marks from a previous landing are seen in front.
RM2A016D6–The latest engineering and technology from the 1930s: an autogyro, also known as a gyroplane or gyrocopter, is a type of rotorcraft that uses an unpowered rotor in free autorotation to develop lift. Forward thrust is provided independently, by an engine-driven propeller. While similar to a helicopter rotor in appearance, the autogyro's rotor must have air flowing across the rotor disc to generate rotation, and the air flows upwards through the rotor disc rather than down.
RMP2YFPG–27. Warsteiner Internationale Montgolfiade, WIM, 2017 in Warstein, Sauerland, Germany/ 27th Warstein International Montgolfiade
RMGE4H3A–(November 30, 1970) Air Force pilot Major Cecil Powell stands in front of the X-24A after a research flight. Built for the Air Force by Martin Marietta, the X-24A was a bulbous vehicle shaped like a tear drop, with three vertical fins at the rear for directional control. It weighed 6,270 pounds, was just over 24 feet long, and had a width of nearly 14 feet. The first unpowered glide flight of the X-24A was on April 17, 1969. The pilot was Air Force Major Jerauld Gentry. Gentry also piloted the vehicle on its first powered flight March 19, 1970. It was flown 28 times in a program which, like th
RMBP4PJ5–Toby Quantrill, Winner of the Worthing International Birdman with a flight of 81M, Worthing International Birdman. Worthing,
RM2CWXCWY–Fauvel AV36 flying wing glider at a COVID-19 drive-in airshow at Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Bedfordshire, UK. Vintage sailplane. Stumpy
RMKRHEXE–ECN-2353 The wingless, lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, from left to right are the X-24A, M2-F3 and the HL-10. The lifting body aircraft studied the feasibility of maneuvering and landing an aerodynamic craft designed for reentry from space. These lifting bodies were air launched by a B-52 mother ship, then flew powered by their own rocket engines before making an unpowered approach and landing. They helped validate the concept that a space shuttle could make accurate landings without power. The X-24A fle
RMG310C8–The Fauvel AV.36 was a single-seat tailless glider designed in France in the 1950s by Charles Fauvel.Flown here by Chris Heames
RMW692G8–Wilbur and Orville Wright's Oath to Accompany the Patent for an Improvement in Flying Machines; Scope and content: Wilbur and Orville Wright patented the design for several unpowered gliders before making their first successful flight in a powered aircraft later in 1903. This patent oath is for one of these unpowered gliders. The Wright brothers invention launched a revolution in transportation.
RM2CF73DD–The M2-F1 lifting body is seen here under tow at the Flight Research Center (later redesignated the Dryden Flight Research Center), Edwards, California. The wingless, lifting body aircraft design was initially conceived as a means of landing an aircraft horizontally after atmospheric reentry. The absence of wings would make the extreme heat of re-entry less damaging to the vehicle. In 1962, Dryden management approved a program to build a lightweight, unpowered lifting body as a prototype to flight test the wingless concept. It would look like a 'flying bathtub,' and was designated the M2-F1, t
RF2F9XWA8–Sculpture commemorating the centenary of Otto Lilienthal's first flights with gliders at Derwitz, Land Brandenburg, in 1891.
RF2GB5WA2–Thiene Italy, JULY, 8, 2021 Propeller private plane tows a modern fiberglass glider in flight. Grob G103 Twin Astir
RM2ATAN92–Sailplane aerotowed by a single-engine aircraft. Château-Arnoux Saint-Auban Airfield, Alpes de Haute-Provence, France.
RMC0BWWH–M2-F1 lifting body is seen here under tow at the Flight Research Center, Edwards, California.
![(1964) The M2-F1 lifting body is seen here under tow at the Flight Research Center (later redesignated the Dryden Flight Research Center), Edwards, California. The wingless, lifting body aircraft design was initially conceived as a means of landing an aircraft horizontally after atmospheric reentry. The absence of wings would make the extreme heat of re-entry less damaging to the vehicle. In 1962, Dryden management approved a program to build a lightweight, unpowered lifting body as a prototype to flight test the wingless concept. It would look like a "flying bathtub," and was design Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/GE4GJX/1964-the-m2-f1-lifting-body-is-seen-here-under-tow-at-the-flight-research-GE4GJX.jpg "(1964) The M2-F1 lifting body is seen here under tow at the Flight Research Center (later redesignated the Dryden Flight Research Center), Edwards, California. The wingless, lifting body aircraft design was initially conceived as a means of landing an aircraft horizontally after atmospheric reentry. The absence of wings would make the extreme heat of re-entry less damaging to the vehicle. In 1962, Dryden management approved a program to build a lightweight, unpowered lifting body as a prototype to flight test the wingless concept. It would look like a "flying bathtub," and was design Stock Photo")
RMGE4GJX–(1964) The M2-F1 lifting body is seen here under tow at the Flight Research Center (later redesignated the Dryden Flight Research Center), Edwards, California. The wingless, lifting body aircraft design was initially conceived as a means of landing an aircraft horizontally after atmospheric reentry. The absence of wings would make the extreme heat of re-entry less damaging to the vehicle. In 1962, Dryden management approved a program to build a lightweight, unpowered lifting body as a prototype to flight test the wingless concept. It would look like a "flying bathtub," and was design
RMPHDX6M–Sailplane on final approach with the rock formation of les Mées in the background. Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban Airfield, Provence, France.
RMBP4PHG–Toby Quantrill discusses his flight at the Worthing International Birdman. Worthing, West Sussex 15th August 2010.
RMC0KR9N–Northrop HL-10 was one of five heavyweight lifting body designs flown at NASA's Flight Research Center
RMWB3P9G–A paraglider after launching from Cape Town's Signal Hill at sunset above the Seapoint suburb on the South African Atlantic shoreline
RMC0BWWN–The M2-F1 lifting body is seen here being towed behind a C-47 at the Flight Research Center, Edwards, California.
RMKRKC1X–The wingless, lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, from left to right are the X-24A, M2-F3 and the HL-10.The lifting body aircraft studied the feasibility of maneuvering and landing an aerodynamic craft designed for reentry from space. These lifting bodies were air launched by a B-52 mother ship, then flew powered by their own rocket engines before making an unpowered approach and landing. They helped validate the concept that a space shuttle could make accurate landings without power. The X-24A flew from Apr
RMG310C3–The Fauvel AV.36 was a single-seat tailless glider designed in France in the 1950s by Charles Fauvel.Flown here by Chris Heames
RMC0BWWW–M2-F2 lifting body aircraft crash landed on Rogers Dry Lakebed, Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California May 10, 1967
RM2CF72P5–The wingless lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. From left to right are the X-24A, M2-F3 and the HL-10. The lifting body aircraft studied the feasibility of maneuvering and landing an aerodynamic craft designed for reentry from space. These lifting bodies were air launched by a B-52 mother ship, then flew powered by their own rocket engines before making an unpowered approach and landing. They helped validate the concept that a space shuttle could make accurate landings without power. The X-24A flew from Apr
RF2F9XW9K–Sculpture commemorating the centenary of Otto Lilienthal's first flights with gliders at Derwitz, Land Brandenburg, in 1891.
RM2KXXAEA–Air Force pilot Major Cecil Powell stands in front of the X-24A after a research flight. Built for the Air Force by Martin Marietta, the X-24A was a bulbous vehicle shaped like a tear drop, with three vertical fins at the rear for directional control. It weighed 6,270 pounds, was just over 24 feet long, and had a width of nearly 14 feet. The first unpowered glide flight of the X-24A was on April 17, 1969. The pilot was Air Force Major Jerauld Gentry. Gentry also piloted the vehicle on its first powered flight March 19, 1970. It was flown 28 times in a program which, like the HL-10, helped vali
RMGE4GGG–The wingless lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. From left to right are the X-24A, M2-F3 and the HL-10. The lifting body aircraft studied the feasibility of maneuvering and landing an aerodynamic craft designed for reentry from space. These lifting bodies were air launched by a B-52 mother ship, then flew powered by their own rocket engines before making an unpowered approach and landing. They helped validate the concept that a space shuttle could make accurate landings without power. The X-24A flew from Apr
RMTYPK53–Wilbur and Orville Wright's Oath to Accompany the Patent for an Improvement in Flying Machines; Scope and content: Wilbur and Orville Wright patented the design for several unpowered gliders before making their first successful flight in a powered aircraft later in 1903. This patent oath is for one of these unpowered gliders. The Wright brothers invention launched a revolution in transportation.
RMBP4PJP–Toby Quantrill's winning 81M flight of the Worthing International Birdman Worthing, West Sussex 15th August 2010.
RFWB3P83–A tandem paraglider launches on the slopes of Signal Hill above the city of Cape Town on South Africa's Atlantic coastline
RMP372M2–27. Warsteiner Internationale Montgolfiade, WIM, 2017 in Warstein, Sauerland, Germany/ 27th Warstein International Montgolfiade
RMKRHEMA–The X-40 sub-scale technology demonstrator is suspended under a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook cargo helicopter during a captive-carry test flight at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. The captive carry flights are designed to verify the X-40's navigation and control systems, rigging angles for its sling, and stability and control of the helicopter while carrying the X-40 on a tether. Following a series of captive-carry flights, the X-40 made free flights from a launch altitude of about 15,000 feet above ground, gliding to a fully autonomous landing. The X-40 is an unpowered 8
RMG14XHC–A design for an enormous hot air travel balloon called Le Minerve (Minerva) from 1803 by a French doctor named Etienne Gaspar Robertson. The vessel includes a giant rooster labelled L'Observatorie (Observatory) on top.
RMW0M8XP–In the early dawn on June 28, 2006, STS-121 Pilot Mark Kelly is ready for takeoff from the Shuttle Training Facility to practice landing a shuttle in preparation for the July 1 launch of Space Shuttle Discovery. The STA is a Grumman American Aviation-built Gulf Stream II jet that was modified to simulate an orbiter’s cockpit, motion and visual cues, and handling qualities. In flight, the STA duplicates the orbiter’s atmospheric descent trajectory from approximately 35,000 feet altitude to landing on a runway. Because the orbiter is unpowered during re-entry and landing, its high-speed glide mu
RF2GB5WJN–Thiene Italy, JULY, 8, 2021 Close up of a sailplane landing on a grass airstrip. Copy space.. Grob G103 Twin Astir
RM2CF769K–Air Force pilot Major Cecil Powell stands in front of the X-24A after a research flight. Built for the Air Force by Martin Marietta, the X-24A was a bulbous vehicle shaped like a tear drop, with three vertical fins at the rear for directional control. It weighed 6,270 pounds, was just over 24 feet long, and had a width of nearly 14 feet. The first unpowered glide flight of the X-24A was on April 17, 1969. The pilot was Air Force Major Jerauld Gentry. Gentry also piloted the vehicle on its first powered flight March 19, 1970. It was flown 28 times in a program which, like the HL-10, helped vali
RMFY15PN–Postage stamp from the Maldives depicting Otto Lilienthal's glider flight in 1890 (75th anniversary powered flight)
RMBP4PJT–Toby Quantrill's winning 81M flight of the Worthing International Birdman Worthing, West Sussex 15th August 2010.
RMH6B33B–Postage stamp from Antigua depicting a Wright Brothers glider aircraft, 75'th anniversary of the Wright Brothers first flight.
RMWEN2E3–A paraglider launched from Cape Town's Signal Hill at sunset above the Seapoint suburb on the South African Atlantic shoreline
RMP2YFR4–27. Warsteiner Internationale Montgolfiade, WIM, 2017 in Warstein, Sauerland, Germany/ 27th Warstein International Montgolfiade
RF2K5HN6D–BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UK - August 24, 2021. Glider parked on a grass airfield. Gliders or sailplanes.
RF2GB5WET–Thiene Italy, JULY, 8, 2021 Glider ready to take off towing with a rope by a propeller airplane. Grob G103 Twin Astir
RMBCDA7E–Paraglider ridge soaring over the Hole of Horcum North Yorkshire England UK Europe in the North York Moors National Park
RMBP4PJF–Toby Quantrill's winning 81M flight of the Worthing International Birdman Worthing, West Sussex 15th August 2010
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