ChuckAnderson
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Hi Everybody!
Chuck Anderson here!!
Is anyone familiar with the following aircraft design, and if so, can anyone tell me where I can find further information?
My original source was from an artist's conception appearing in an issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology in the 1980's. (I'm sorry that I can't be more specific.) Aside from the b&w illustration, the only other information I have, comes from the caption below the illustration.
Here's the information I have:
This was a Boeing project sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR). (I don't know the specific Boeing Project Number.)
MISSION: High-altitude, long-endurance ocean-surveillance.
TYPE: Subsonic, twin-jet aircraft
GENERAL PHYSICAL APPEARANCE:
Long, shoulder-mounted swept wings of high aspect ratio
Two (2) large jet engines mounted under the wings (one engine per wing of course)
Long, slender fuselage, bubble canopy, swept-back rudder and ailerons.
DIMENSIONS:
Wingspan: 200 feet
Wing Aspect Ratio: 20
Fuselage Length: 82.5 Feet
Maximum Designed Gross Weight: 60,000 lbs.
CREW:
Two (2) in tandem (under large bubble canopy)
PERFORMANCE (Estimated):
Ceiling: 100,000 feet
Endurance: Eight hours
It was to have gone into service with the USN in the 1980's.
I'll scan the illustration I have and I'll try to get it to this forum sometime this week. Thanks!
Chuck Anderson
cbakiteskites@yahoo.com
University Place, WA
Chuck Anderson here!!
Is anyone familiar with the following aircraft design, and if so, can anyone tell me where I can find further information?
My original source was from an artist's conception appearing in an issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology in the 1980's. (I'm sorry that I can't be more specific.) Aside from the b&w illustration, the only other information I have, comes from the caption below the illustration.
Here's the information I have:
This was a Boeing project sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR). (I don't know the specific Boeing Project Number.)
MISSION: High-altitude, long-endurance ocean-surveillance.
TYPE: Subsonic, twin-jet aircraft
GENERAL PHYSICAL APPEARANCE:
Long, shoulder-mounted swept wings of high aspect ratio
Two (2) large jet engines mounted under the wings (one engine per wing of course)
Long, slender fuselage, bubble canopy, swept-back rudder and ailerons.
DIMENSIONS:
Wingspan: 200 feet
Wing Aspect Ratio: 20
Fuselage Length: 82.5 Feet
Maximum Designed Gross Weight: 60,000 lbs.
CREW:
Two (2) in tandem (under large bubble canopy)
PERFORMANCE (Estimated):
Ceiling: 100,000 feet
Endurance: Eight hours
It was to have gone into service with the USN in the 1980's.
I'll scan the illustration I have and I'll try to get it to this forum sometime this week. Thanks!
Chuck Anderson
cbakiteskites@yahoo.com
University Place, WA