Lockheed P-38 Lightning Competitors
In 1936 the US Army Air Corps (USAAC) put out a tender for a ‘Twin-engine, High Altitude Interceptor’ that was designated as ‘X-608’
The winner of this competition would be the Lockheed Model 22 / P-38 Lightning.
But does anyone know of the proposals to...
boeing
consolidated aircraft corporation
curtiss-wright airplane division
curtiss-wright corporation
douglas aircraft company
heavy fighter
hughes aircraft company
interceptors
interwar period
late 1930s
lockheed
lockheed aircraft corporation
pre-world war ii
united states army air corps
vultee aircraft corporation
I'm interested in Sonic Cruiser iterations 3-views, if any were published (AFAIK, design was very touchy security question for a long). I have all images from Cruiser-related 3 or so Boeing's patents, but want something more accurate. Thanks.
Clean engines, wings that fold: Boeing dreams of futuristic jets
By Dominic Gates
Seattle Times aerospace reporter
When Boeing names an airplane design after a Muppet, it must be pretty different.
Two small teams at the company are re-imagining the airplane in futuristic configurations that...
Two non built versions of the B-52:
-The "Colossal Guppy" projected to replace the NASA's Guppys . It is a project of the sixties that was refloated in the 90s (alone be abandoned again). Twelve motors and a " hump " of twelve meters.
-A illustration of 1993 showing at a B-52 as platform...
boeing
cold war
early 21st century
late 20th century
nuclear battlefield
post-cold war
strategic air command
strategic bomber
strategic reconnaissance
united states
united states air force
From "Warplanes of the Future". Bill Gunston. Salamander. 1990. ISBN 2-7312-0744-2
Attack Aircraft from Boeing based in the USB concept for STOL performance and agility. The same as Boeing YC-14.
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