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HL-10 pilots (left to right) Air Force Major Jerauld R. Gentry, Air Force test pilot Peter Hoag, and NASA pilots John A. Manke and Bill Dana. The HL-10 was one of five lifting body designs flown at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California

Path to the Sky: The Birth of the Space Shuttle: Part 2

By Richard Corfield

This classic 1969 photo shows the Dryden NB-52B flying over the HL-10 lifting body aircraft and its pilot, Bill Dana.

Path to the Sky: The Birth of the Space Shuttle: Part 1

By Richard Corfield

The U.S. Air Force's jet and rocket planes were the precursors of NASA's space shuttle fleet.