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)...
1980s
bell textron
boeing
cold war
convair
early 1990s
general dynamics
goodyear
icbm
martin marietta corporation
nuclear battlefield
strategicaircommand
united states
united states air force
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...
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?
cold war
douglas
douglas aircraft company
in-flight refueling tanker
mcdonnell douglas
nasa
post-cold war
strategicaircommand
tanker aircraft
transport aircraft
united states
united states air force
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
cold war
english electric company limited
great britain
nuclear battlefield
raf bomber command
raf strike command
royal air force
strategicaircommandstrategic reconnaissance
united states air force
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
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 ...
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
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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...
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...
amsa
bomber
cold war
heavy bomber
north american aviation
north american rockwell
rockwell international
sac
strategicaircommandstrategic bomber
united states
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
strategicaircommand
thiokol
united states air force
world war iii
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).
cold war
martin marietta
martin marietta corporation
martin marietta orlando aerospace
nuclear battlefield
outer perimeter defence missile
strategicaircommand
tactical nuke
united states
united states air force
united states navy
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...
(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...
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 commandair defence
air defense command
central intelligence agency
cold war
general electric aircraft engines
lockheed
nuclear battlefield
pratt & whitney
sead
skunk works
strategicaircommandstrategic bomber
strategic defence
strategic reconnaissance
united states
united states air force
united states navy
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...
air mobility command
boeing
bombers
cold war
cold war ii
early 21st century
in-flight refueling tanker
late 20th century
mcdonnell douglas
post-cold war
strategicaircommand
tanker aircraft
transport aircraft
united states
united states air force
war on terror
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...
boeing
cold war
early 21st century
late 20th century
nuclear battlefield
post-cold war
strategicaircommandstrategic bomber
strategic reconnaissance
united states
united states air force
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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