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  1. Sentinel Chicken

    FLIGHTS OF FANTASY: The Lockheed L-2000 SST in airline service

    American studies into a supersonic transport go back to the 1950s when various versions were proposed by Convair based on the B-58 Hustler. Things remained paper studies until John F. Kennedy moved plans ahead in July of 1961 with the formation of a presidential committee made up of members of...
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    • airliner alternate history civil aviation cold war jet age lockheed space age sst supersonic supersonic transport united states what-if
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  2. GTX

    Hawker HS.141 VTOL airliner, HS.140 VTOL business jet

    Hi folks, Here are a couple of civilian VTOL concepts from Hawker Siddley. First the nice little HS.140 business jet: Then the larger HS.141 commuter airliner: Don't have much information on them I'm afraid. Regards, Greg
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    • business jet civil aviation cold war great britain hawker siddeley aviation ltd rolls-royce royal air force vtol
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  3. Sentinel Chicken

    NEWS: Clean engines, wings that fold: Boeing dreams of futuristic jets

    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...
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    Civilian versions of bomber aircraft

    Why to spend money in a development from zero if military designs can adapt? Proposals for a SST based on the North American XB-70 Valkyrie (I cannot avoid to imagine to the boys of Green Peace in a MIG-31 with the colors of the rainbow trying him to give hunt to one of these apparatuses) ;D
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    • airliner civil aviation cold war great britain kingdom of sweden soviet union strategic bomber subsonic supersonic supersonic transport transport aircraft united states world war ii
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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