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lifting body


HL-10
HL-10 lifting body
A wingless aircraft that derives lift from the shape of its hull. Lifting bodies are used, for example, as models and prototypes for space plane designs. An example was the M-2. See also Dyna-Soar, START, ASSET, PRIME, and X-24.


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