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The NASA M2-F1 was a lightweight unpowered prototype aircraft developed to flight test the wingless lifting body concept. It looked like a flying bathtub and was designated the M2-F1 the M referring to manned and F referring to flight version. In 1962 NASA Dryden management approved a program to build a lightweight unpowered lifting body prototype. It featured a plywood shell placed over a tubular steel frame crafted at Dryden. Construction was completed in 1963.

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