I know that Dennis Jenkins visited the archives for his and Tony Landis' B-70 book. -SPStargazer2006 said:Brilliant! Can this vault be visited by outside aviation historians with proper clearance? Or is it strictly for inhouse people?
Stargazer2006 said:Brilliant! Can this vault be visited by outside aviation historians with proper clearance?
Orionblamblam said:Used to be. No longer.
In late 2001, after passing through a few layers of security guards I was allowed to come in and wander the shelves. Two later trips (2003 and 2005) showed a progression in restrictions. In 2008 I had to sit my butt at a table and stay there.
I'm led to understand that I wouldn't get *that* far today. I'm also led to believe that in the 1990's your average Joe could more or less walk in right off the street.
circle-5 said:Of course, they probably had to fill ITAR forms in quadruplicate...
XP67_Moonbat said:Bet that Husky is making Burnelli roll over in his grave!
Maveric said:The International Husky (IH) is totally new for me. Please tell us the story. (pics,drawings, technical data, model number...)
Stargazer2006 said:This was so reminiscent of Burnelli that I must have assumed it to be a Burnelli-related project.
Orionblamblam said:Maveric said:The International Husky (IH) is totally new for me. Please tell us the story. (pics,drawings, technical data, model number...)
Model 754-6F (this version), dating from 1973. This was the narrowest of the designs for International Husky.
Orionblamblam said:circle-5 said:Of course, they probably had to fill ITAR forms in quadruplicate...
As previously noted, the video shows nought but civvie designs, none of the military ones (at least not clearly). I'm sure some of that is due to interest in Boeing these days being mostly wrapped around jetliners (the last actual Boeing - as opposed to one of their aquisitions - military product being... what? The B-52?), but the stacks are loaded with military and space models as well.
Triton said:It appears that Boeing was still looking at the design as late as 1977 as the Model 759.
Triton said:It appears that Boeing was still looking at the design as late as 1977 as the Model 759-182A and the Model 759-214A
Source:
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,181.msg127169.html#msg127169
hesham said:If you use the search,you will find this;
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,6982.0/highlight,boeing+759.html
and generally,the Model-759 was discussed here with a suggesting
for a competition between Boeing,Lockheed,Douglas (MDC) and NASA;
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,6549.msg61020.html#msg61020
Triton said:Would Boeing have sold the plane as the 754? Or would the Boeing Marketing Department give the plane another designation? Like Boeing 777?