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...
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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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