in this competition, the main contenders were:-
1-Boeing model -----?
2-Northamerican-Rockwell NR-349
3-Vought V-483.
4-lockheed CL- -----?
5-Grumman G-300.
6-General Dynamics model -----?
7-Fairchild-Hiller (Republic division) model ----?
8-McDonnell-Douglas F-15 model ----?
can anyone...
air superiority
air-to-ground
department of defense
f-15
f-x
f-x program (usaf)
fairchild republic
general dynamics
grumman
hughes aircraft company
interceptors
late 1960s
lockheed
mcdonnell douglas
nasa
north american rockwell
northrop
tactical air command
united states air force
‘Strategic Weapons Launcher’ “SWL”
1n the late 1960’s and early 1970’s the US became very concerned about the growing accuracy of the Soviets new and future ICBM’s and SLBM’s.
This accuracy would threaten the Strategic Air Commands (SACs) fixed ICBM silo fields in a ‘first strike’.
The USAF...
aerojet general
air force systems command
albm
cold war
early 1970s
icbm
late 1960s
lockheed
military airlift command
minuteman i/b
nuclear battlefield
space and missile systems organization (usaf)
strat-x
strategic air command
thiokol
united states air force
world war iii
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
lockheedlockheed aircraft corporation
pre-world war ii
united states army air corps
vultee aircraft corporation
SENIOR CITIZEN is supposed to be some sort of stealthy transport for special ops stuff.
Here's some info on a few unbuilt SENIOR CROWN variations:
SR-71I
30 September 1980 iteration:
-AWG-9 radar
-four AIM-54 missiles
-anti-AWACS tasked
1 November 1982 iteration:
-APG-65 radar
-four AIM-120...
aerospace defense command
air defence
air defense command
central intelligence agency
cold war
general electric aircraft engines
lockheed
nuclear battlefield
pratt & whitney
sead
skunk works
strategic air command
strategic bomber
strategic defence
strategic reconnaissance
united states
united states air force
united states navy
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...
Also from Lark. Thanks a lot!
Flying Review 1962
Lockheed CL-704 VTOL strike and recon development of the F-104G. This particular design is powered by 14!! RR RB181 lift engines and one RB168R propulsion engine.
A nightmare maintenance :-\
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