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Old 05-12-2006, 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by CPMcGraw
If you mean the full-size version, it was never built or flown. The only full-size anything that I've ever seen was a plywood mock-up (just pictures of it, actually).

As for a flying model, there are probably some scratch-built versions based on that mock-up, but the design never went beyond that initial concept. The Dyna-Soar was short for Dynamic Soarer, which was Tech-speak for an atmospheric "skipper" (think of a smooth stone skipping over a calm lake surface), launched into orbit by a Titan II or Titan III. Through various ways and means, the concept has been seen best in the X-15 research ship, and the current Space Shuttle.

There might be some plastic display models from the 1960's, but I haven't seen one.

They've got models of it here:

http://www.realspacemodels.com/

Sven is big into plastic models and seems to do a lot with this company.
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