The M2-F1 lifting body aircraft rests on the sun-baked floor of a dry lake bed located out in the Mojave Desert at the Dryden Flight Research Center, California. Pilot <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Yeager" class="extiw" title="en:Chuck Yeager">Chuck Yeager</a>, seated in the cockpit of the M2-F1, talks with fellow pilots (from left to right) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Orville_Thompson" class="extiw" title="en:Milton Orville Thompson">Milt Thompson</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_L._Mallick" class="extiw" title="en:Donald L. Mallick">Don Mallick</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Peterson" class="extiw" title="en:Bruce Peterson">Bruce Peterson</a>.  All three flew the lifting body in several flights. The vehicle later suffered a mishap when Peterson was landing it--the oil in the landing gear hydraulics was not suitable for cold temperatures and caused the gear to break and the vehicle to suffer minor damage.
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