Les Corps Portants : Des Avions... Sans Ailes ?!!

Gliders are a family of experimental aircraft dating back to the 1960s and 1970s. They enabled (among other things) the creation of the Space Shuttle, by conducting research on gliding atmospheric reentry. The History of Gliders. Thanks for watching! Main source: Wikipedia but also: http://xplanes.free.fr/x24/x24-13.htm https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploa... https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploa... Stylish video about the F-104    • Touch-roll-touch in a F-104   *Timecodes*: 00:00 Introduction 00:38 Background 02:02 Some principles... 04:43 The origins 05:14 What is a lifting body? 06:25 The beginnings of research 07:21 M2-F1 12:50 M2-F2 13:52 HL-10 15:43 First powered flights 17:08 Going into space? 17:44 The X-24A 18:19 M2-F3 19:00 Upgrading the X-24A 20:13 X-24B 21:45 Inspirations 22:29 Legacy Music (Don't forget the playlist with all the music I've used since the beginning of the channel:    • Dark Souls 3 main menu theme (Game Soundtr...  ) Music used in this video (In order of appearance) :    • Wii Rainbow Road - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Music      • Solace      • Timelapse      • Talking Woods      • Video   jA0f7LZjBXaTLN    • Riding - Day (The Legend of Zelda: Breath ...      • Mellow Alize      • Kerbal Space Program - Build Mode (Track 2)      • Tranquil Plains      / dy2yk   WLcDPw?si=Kyx--R-_I4Ot7u3L    • Unfurling Night • Nasha Town Night Theme 3...      • Tempest Rondo      • The Gift      • With You   https://yo utu.be/0Cs50Jehs-Q?si=cJAoynrpR3Q2Engq    • Tender Is the Night (Constellation Metropo...      • Video      • Helmut Schenker - Sense of Touch      • Yonder Dale - Closer Still