Unidentified Convair Transport Aircraft

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Greetings All -

On EPay, a GD/Convair artwork for what appears to be a C-141 or C-5 type aircraft:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Real-Color-Photo-Unclassified-General-Dynamics-CONVAIR-US-AIR-FORCE-8x10-/161789863058?hash=item25ab6d6492:g:pQwAAOSwMmBVyK7l

I'm leaning towards a C-141 type based on the cockpit section and windows....

Enjoy the Day! Mark
 

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My dear Mark,

I think it was a CX-HLS proposal,that's because the aircraft seems a larger than or for
C-141 competition,and we know for CX-X,the proposals came from;

- Boeing
- Douglas
- General Dynamics/Convair
- Lockheed
- Martin Marietta
 
The cockpit windows and their scale make me think of a smaller aircraft than a CX-HLS aircraft. An artist concept so you never know...

Enjoy the Day! Mark
 
Looks like an externally blown flaps STOL transport design from the short engine pylons and large drooping flaps.
 
And the camouflage and large number of wheels for its size would also point to a tactical STOL usage. The airfield it's taking off from doesn't seem to be too substantial either.
 
I see an operational C-15 based upon the McDonnell Douglas prototype YC-15 AMST. -SP
 
If one could put a year on this illustration
perhaps the search for more info would be easier..
 
The Convair designation list shows a
designation 20 number for a
large 4 engined double deck transport aircraft.
 
lark said:
The Convair designation list shows a designation 20 number for a large 4 engined double deck transport aircraft.
Click to expand...

Did you post that list somewhere?
 
A Convair Logistics Transport project (SDASM photos dated 29 January 1960) which looks like it might have been an early CX-HLS proposal. Thoughts?
 

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A nondescript General Dynamics wind-tunnel model from SDASM showing what seems to be a more advanced CX-HLS proposal:
 

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