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RARE - METAL WIND TUNNEL MODEL - LIFTING BODY - PRELUDE TO SPACE Circa 1959
RARE - METAL WIND TUNNEL MODEL - LIFTING BODY - PRELUDE TO SPACE Circa 1959
RARE - METAL WIND TUNNEL MODEL - LIFTING BODY - PRELUDE TO SPACE Circa 1959
RARE - METAL WIND TUNNEL MODEL - LIFTING BODY - PRELUDE TO SPACE Circa 1959
RARE - METAL WIND TUNNEL MODEL - LIFTING BODY - PRELUDE TO SPACE Circa 1959
RARE - METAL WIND TUNNEL MODEL - LIFTING BODY - PRELUDE TO SPACE Circa 1959

RARE - METAL WIND TUNNEL MODEL - LIFTING BODY - PRELUDE TO SPACE Circa 1959

$ 1980

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: RARE - METAL WIND TUNNEL MODEL - LIFTING BODY - PRELUDE TO SPACE Circa 1959 Aluminum lower section. Steel wings that are very sharp. See photos
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Type: HL-10 type Lifting Body Wind Tunnel Model
  • Year: circa 1959
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

    Description

    RARE - METAL WIND TUNNEL MODEL - LIFTING BODY - PRELUDE TO THE SPACE SHUTTLE,  Circa 1959-60's
    Lifting Body Technology was crucial to the development of the Space Shuttle Transportation System.
    This wind tunnel model is made with an aluminum base and still wings. Approximately 6.25 inches.
    A very fine space collectors artifact that is nearly impossible to find. It comes from the private collection of a space historian,
    To learn more about Lifting Bodies - See:
    https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/space-race/online/sec500/sec541.htm
    Please look carefully at all the photographs. Please ask all questions before bidding.
    Sales only in the continental USA. ALL SALES FINAL. No returns.
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