M2-F2 lifting body aircraft crash landed on Rogers Dry Lakebed, Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California May 10, 1967

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M2-F2 Crash on Rogers Dry Lake Full Description The M2-F2 lifting body aircraft crash landed on Rogers Dry Lakebed at the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, California on May 10, 1967.

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M2-F2 lifting body aircraft crash landed on Rogers Dry Lakebed, Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California May 10, 1967

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