Aircraft Photo of 66-13551 / 13551 | Martin Marietta X-24B | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #829455
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:66-13551
Alternate Serial:13551
Aircraft Original Type:Martin Marietta X-24
Aircraft Generic Type:Martin Marietta X-24/SV-5
Aircraft Version:Martin Marietta X-24B
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force / NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Location
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFBMap
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KDWF   IATA: -   Local: DWF   Other: -
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
 
Photo Date:16 December 2024
Photo by:Richard Vandervord
Photo ID: 829455
Photo Comment

The commonality of serial with the lifting body behind is explained in my upload of the latter here - the X-24A underwent radical changes when rebuilt as the X-24B which flew 36 times between 1973 and 1975, making 12 gliding-only and 24 powered flights with gliding landings as part of the Space Shuttle development program. Each time, a NASA modified B-52 mothership launched the X-24B at 45,000 ft. It was moved to the USAFM in 1976

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