Part of a previously classified 1960s program that studied a series of hypersonic lifting bodies, the FDL-5 underwent wind tunnel testing @AEDCnews but it is unclear if there was ever a flight test. Still tough to find info—declassified report at link: http://contrails.iit.edu/files/original/AFFDLTR68-024part01.pdf https://twitter.com/clemente3000/status/1252845796308905984
Part of a previously classified 1960s program that studied a series of hypersonic lifting bodies, the FDL-5 underwent wind tunnel testing @AEDCnews but it is unclear if there was ever a flight test. Still tough to find info—declassified report at link: http://contrails.iit.edu/files/original/AFFDLTR68-024part01.pdf https://twitter.com/clemente3000/status/1252845796308905984
Part of a previously classified 1960s program that studied a series of hypersonic lifting bodies, the FDL-5 underwent wind tunnel testing @AEDCnews but it is unclear if there was ever a flight test. Still tough to find info—declassified report at link: http://contrails.iit.edu/files/original/AFFDLTR68-024part01.pdf https://twitter.com/clemente3000/status/1252845796308905984
Those slender bodies are so cool and futuristic, incredible we were doing this 50 yrs ago
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