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  1. boxkite

    ERNO LB 21 Bumerang

    A few years ago I saw a poster(?) of the West German space shuttle (or lifting body proposal?) ERNO (= Entwicklungsring Nord) LB 21 Bumerang inside the Peenemünde museum. After this 'meeting' I never saw it again, neither in books nor in magazines. Who can help with details (illustrations...
    • boxkite
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    • 1970s cold war dornier erno federal republic of germany france junkers flugzeug- und motorenwerke ag mbb mbb-erno space age space race west germany western europe
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  2. X

    Krafft Ehricke Space designs

    Hi All, I'm looking for infos (technical drawings) about Krafft Ehricke Spacecraft designed and projected for Convair in the early 60's see : http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/CONVAIR%20MANNED%20LUNAR%20RECON%20VEHICLE%20PAGE.htm...
    • XB-35
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    • cold war convair early 1960s late 1950s nasa space age space race united states united states air force
    • Replies: 40
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  3. S

    Reaction Engines SABRE engine (Skylon Spaceplane)

    I've seen the Reaction Engines Ltd Skylon spaceplane mentioned a few times already but I think it deserves it's own thread. It looks cool and will only cost £10 billion(ish) to develop, so if it wasn't designed in Great Britain 'the land of lost opportunties' it would probably get built ;) It...
    • SteveO
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    • cold war cold war ii great britain hypersonic nasa post-cold war reaction engines limited space age space race spaceplane synergetic air breathing rocket engine uk space agency uksa united kingdom
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    • Forum: Propulsion
  4. Orionblamblam

    Alternatives to the NAA X-15

    The AP-76 was one of the neatest-looking of the X-15 contenders... and also the poorest performer of the bunch. Looks ain't everything. BLATANT COMMERCIALISM WARNING.... Along with the AP-76, I just added a slew of new items. The AP-76 report is a prime example of how a design *should* be...
    • Orionblamblam
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    • 1950s bell aircraft corporation cold war douglas aircraft company hypersonic jet age nasa national advisory committee for aeronautics north american aviation office of naval research republic aviation corporation space age united states united states air force united states navy wright air development center
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  5. Orionblamblam

    Reusable, winged versions of the Saturn V first stage

    Issue Volume 1 Number 2 of the new Electronic Aerospace Projects Review has just been finished. The main article, at about 60 pages, covers a wide variety of designs - spanning more than a dozen years - for winged S-IC flyback boosters. Very early Boeing and North American designs to lower the...
    • Orionblamblam
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    • apollo program cold war flyback boosters nasa reusable launch vehicle space age space race united states
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  6. Antonio

    Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Projects

    Matej, the link to your web doesn't works for me (I have even tried from a Windows PC) :( So I add drawings courtesy from Lark
    • Antonio
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    • 1970s 1980s cold war nasa space age space race space shuttle space transportation system united states united states air force
    • Replies: 58
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  7. A

    US Lifting Bodies Studies - START (ASSET/PRIME), FDL, X-24, etc.

    The lifting body program was one of the highlight of the NASA in the 60's. Various machines flew (HL-10, X-24, M2F series) This program only consisted of atmospheric tests...well, that's the "offcial" version But there's two mysteries - 1 Aparently, modified HL-10 were send into suborbital...
    • Archibald
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    • cold war nasa space age space race united states united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  8. 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...
    • Sentinel Chicken
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    • airliner alternate history civil aviation cold war jet age lockheed space age sst supersonic supersonic transport united states what-if
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: User Artwork and Models
  9. Orionblamblam

    X-15B - an orbital X-15

    North American Aviation's submission for the Dyna Soar program was an orbital version of their X-15. New engines, moved wing, two crew, a few other goodies.
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