Oct 142016
Currently on ebay is a single slide, a photo someone took in the 1960’s. It shows a family standing in front of a full-scale mockup of the SV-5, what became the X-24A. This is hardly an unknown mockup; it has been shown elsewhere many times. But I thought this particular view might be of interest to some. It is shown on the back of a truck for transport, attached to a transition section that would, on the real vehicle, then attach to a launch vehicle such as a Titan II or III.
Isn’t that the XRV from ‘Marooned’?
Isn’t that the XRV from ‘Marooned’?
No. The XRV had no external cockpit canopy (it was recessed) and no central vertical stabilizer. This was an early Sv-5 mockup, pretty sure.
https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c6/20/a0/c620a0a3260969e4cb7200acd6520c82/https/779dcae814.jpg
Yeah, not an XRV, but it sure has that look with the transition in place, doesn’t it?