Northrop HL-10

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The Northrop HL-10 is one of five U.S. heavyweight lifting body designs flown at NASA's Flight Research Center (FRC—later the Dryden Flight Research Center and now the Armstrong Flight Research Center) in Edwards, California, from July 1966 to November 1975 to study and validate the concept of safely maneuvering and landing a low lift-over-drag vehicle designed for reentry from space. It was a NASA design and was built to evaluate "inverted airfoil" lifting body and delta planform. It currently is on display at the entrance to the Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base.

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