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The study of the DL-4A was an attempt to design a relatively low-cost recovery system using a sailwing that would enable horizontal landings without the weight penalties of a rigid variable geometry system.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19700016796_1970016796.pdf
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19710016878_1971016878.pdf
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19700016796_1970016796.pdf
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19710016878_1971016878.pdf