In the January 16, 2020 article "Triplesonic Interceptors: The F-103, F-108, and YF-12A", Tony R. Landis of the Air Force Material Command History Office briefly mentioned an "I-70" interceptor version of the North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie. According to Landis (2020), the "I-70" was...
Associated with McDonnell-Douglas' Long Range Interceptor (LRI) studies in 1954. Drawing is of the Model 111A weapons bay which could carry 3.
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Model 103A
AIR TO AIR MISSILE CARRYING SPECIAL WARHEAD. 24000LB. THRUST MOTOR. LENGTH 110 INCHES. FIXED FINS. SOLID ROCKET...
I heard rumors about and little bits of info on successors to the LRI-X interceptors that were hypersonic and had missiles with a range of 500 miles is there any info on them like blueprints and performance information?
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Hi,
I found this strange drawing to F 102,may be,they meant Convair F-102,
but please look to its air intakes !,I think this a French imagine to F-102
before it appeared...
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Artist's concept of United States Air Force space plane painted by Robert McCall found on eBay.
Was this a real concept?
Source:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Space-Shuttle-vintage-rare-US-Air-Force-Space-artists-concept-art-picture-/190614086223?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c617c224f
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Hi everybody
Here the Convair "Sky Scorcher" Air-to-Air Missile with a 2 megaton warhead
http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app4/other.html
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=44082
I have not found any other informations or drawings of this crazy project !
Maybe someone...
I am looking for information on Project Orion/Daedalus[British name for roughly the same thing]
this was an early nuclear powered spacecraft that used focused nuclear explosions for thrust.
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Thanks guys - just got lucky in receiving these. That wav file made the dogs in the neighborhood howl in pain ;D
How about the XF-91 this time...
Enjoy the Day! Mark
I know this one has a lot of questions. If anybody has a good answer, I'd like to hear it.
Would the F-12B interceptor have resulted in a significantly different development of Russian/Soviet aircraft? Would it have played a role in the development of our fighter designs? Would it have...
Hi,
the Douglas Astro was delta-wing vehicle and spacecraft,it was
combined aircraft and rocketry concepts.
http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1963/1963%20-%201667.pdf
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Hi,
this is a question for the real 8) F-108/WS-202A experts.
My research in the less-known corners of U.S. aircraft nomenclature space ;) turned up two pages (attached) about the request for allocation, and subsequent rejection, of the "XQ-11" designation to something called "F-108 Airborne...
This radar formed the basis of the AWG-9, and was the first lookdown/shootdown weapons system.
Originally developed for the North American F-108 interceptor, the origins of AN/ASG-18 lie in 1954, when alongside a new interceptor competition a competition was held to design a radar with a 100nm...
F-106 "Fighter Bomber"
One proposal based on two seat F-106B with 3 x KA-8 cameras and ECM pods.
F-106A "Economy Fighter Bomber"
New search and bombing radar and nuclear capability. IFR socket in front of windshield. MTOW limited to 40,000lb to remain compatible with existing landing gear...
USAF ‘Improved Manned Interceptor’ (IMI) Program
On 9 February 1968, the Defence Department announced they were not going to purchase the Lockheed F-12A interceptor (later the SR-71), opting instead to remain with the F-106 as the primary interceptor to protect the continental USA from air...
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