strategic air command

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    Convair Super Hustler, Fish and Kingfish

    I woul like to know something about the kinfish proposal for a strategic recon aircraft (in the competition won by the lockheed a-12) and about the super hustler design. Unfortunately the only information i foud are in Russian (quite strange for united states secret projects)...
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    Martin Marietta MGM-134A Midgetman Small Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (SICBM)

    Midgetman (SICBM) mobile launchers.
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    MX (Peacekeeper) deployment concepts.

    Numerous methods of deploying the Peacekeeper were investigated and I wish somebody had all the details. Here's a few things I turned up: "One of the first MX projects was the Vertical Shelter Ground System Definition Program which required construction of an 18-foot diameter, 130-foot deep...
  4. boxkite

    DC-10 Projects and Variants

    According to Vaclav Němeček in his book “Civilní letadla 2” the drawing gives an impression of a DC-10 variant, but he didn’t mention a D-… number. Is anyone able to supplement the designation?
  5. boxkite

    MX-2147 "Bald Eagle" High Altitude Reconnaissance Projects

    I'm looking for illustrations of the Fairchild M-195 (a competitor to Bell Model 67, Martin RB-57D and Lockheed CL-282). Who can help?
  6. overscan (PaulMM)

    General Dynamics F-111 Projects

    Air International Jan 1978
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    EE Canberra, Evolution, Variants and Projects

    I was thinking the other day, 'did the British ever think of, or look at a carrier-based variant of the English Electric Canberra light bomber'? Does anyone know an answer to this? Regards Pioneer
  8. Sundog

    1970s Boeing Advanced Bomber Studies

    These are advanced Boeing Bomber Studies from the late '70s. Except for the two Rockwell design, which I left in due to the two page Boeing 'X-Wing' Bomber design. Large Version of the above image
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    Contenders for the MX-948 Competition (leading to the XB-55)

    I know, that to thirteen firms have dispatched request for competition. 1) Boeing Model 474--------------XB-55 2) Convair Model ? 3) Martin Model 247 or Model 247-1 4) ? Model ? 5) ? Model ? 6) ? Model ? 7) ? Model ? 8) ? Model ...
  10. Skybolt

    WS-110 (B-70) unknown competitors

    I have no photos or drafts, but a snippet of information: in the RAND study "Bonber R&D since 1945. The Role of Experience" I found this: and note 14 . Now, it seems that Dennis Jenkins has a lot of matter for a second edition of his worderful Valkyrie book.... (not to mention expanding the...
  11. overscan (PaulMM)

    AMSA Program & B-1 Bomber projects

    AMSA was said to stand for "America's Most Studied Aircraft" due to the length of time it took to get to flying hardware. Flying Review International, July 1970 I'm sure I've seen a Lockheed AMSA design, and Doug Richardson's B-1 book has 3 AMSA designs that may be the Rockwell evolution, but...
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    Strategic Weapons Launcher (SWL)

    ‘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...
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    ASALM (Advanced Strategic Air-Launched Missile)

    Stumbled onto this photo today so I thought I'd start a thread about ASALM (the first photo). Any info and images would be appreciated (already checked out Andreas' page).
  14. flateric

    Project ISINGLASS & Project RHEINBERRY

    Anyone anything about this stuff? More than this: Isinglass: Mach 17, rocket powered, air-launched reconnaissance aircraft? part of RS-129 (Staged combustion hydrogen-oxygen rocket component development program)? wide usage of lightweight structures (diffusion bonded titanium honeycomb) "CIA...
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    Cruise Missile Carrier Airliner conversions

    (anybody remember this book? :) ) I use to have this book years ago and in it there was a picture of a proposed 747 cruise missile carrier. It would have had nine of those 8-round rotary launchers that could apparently move around in the aircraft as the launch position was to the rear. Does...
  16. flateric

    Rockwell Advanced Bomber Studies

    "Rockwell's Manned strategic system concepts 1990-2000" study Dan Raymer's fantasy was outstanding...hands off
  17. SOC

    Lockheed A-12 and SR-71 projects

    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...
  18. flateric

    McDonnell Douglas & Boeing BWB projects

    http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/improvingflight/bwb_main.html - several streaming QuickTime videos of LARC WT tests http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/improvingflight/x48b.html - several hi-res photos...
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    Unbuilt B-52 projects

    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...
  20. Antonio

    Postwar US Bombers (misc)

    Source: http://www.mozeyoninn.com/Ginter/AIRFORCE/AFL201.htm Air Force Legends. Martin XB-51 by Scott Libis In 1946, the USAAF solicited a new ground support aircraft to replace the A-26. Martin submitted the Model 234 with two turboprops and two turbojets. Crew: 6. Weight: 70,000 pounds...
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