Sinister RV

[Byeman]

This is from 1967. One of the many configurations ABRES tested, the boost glide vehicle. By looking at it, one could tell that this shape was not operationally deployed. It would be hard to enclose it into a nose fairing.

 

[GeorgeA]

Another weird ABRES configuration (or maybe a shroud for one), from the SDASM Flickr photostream.