I've looked thru every B-29 book I have or have seen & Googled with no luck. I've read that some of the B-29s sent to the RAF were equipped with racks at the wing roots to carry a Grand Slam bomb under each wing. ISTR also that some USAF a/c were modified as well. I've not been able to find pics...
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strange in this forum is almost no info about B-58 version !
B-58 A the SAC bomber version we know
B-58 B improved version - kingfish launch platform
B-58 C Enlarged version and J-58 jetengine (for mach 3 ?)
B-58 D long range interceptor
B-58 E tactical strike aircraft and strategic bomber...
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[1986]...mission analysis that
was conducted by a large number of Air Force and
industry organizations. The purpose was to formulate
and understand the alternatives for future
strategic aeronautical weapon systems and identify
promising system concepts to follow those currently
in the inventory...
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Hello folks,
Pardon me if this is old news, but there's an interesting article on Noel Pemberton-Billing’s 'slip-wing' composite nightfighter and bomber designs at:
http://airminded.org/2007/04/18/a-sister-to-assist-er/
For an artist's impression of a P-B carrier-plus-parasite-bomber design...
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Sometimes projects make themselves discovered in very unlikely places. Last Friday I was in Rome at the Italian Air Force historical archives doing research for my book. On the same table there was my friend Paolo Miana looking for infos on the Italian giant bombers of late 20s -early 30s...
I hadn't seen this posted here before and so I thought I'd post it for the benefit of anyone who hadn't seen it before.
Volume I
Volume II
Volume III
Volume IV
Not having the benefit of an education in aerospace, what is the meaning of the V Limit Design and V Max Design lines on the first...
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Hi, I'm looking for some info (line drawings, specifications) on the Vickers Victory and jet bomber designs of late WW2. The victory was a 6 engined evolution of the Wellington and the 'Jet Bomber' was the intermediate stage on getting to the Valiant. I already have some very high level info...
First published by RIAN on April 24
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rian.ru%2Fdefense_safety%2Fweapons%2F20070421%2F64103333.html&langpair=ru%7Cen&hl=ru&newwindow=1&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools...
Curious to know if Concorde was ever considered in a military role, maybe as a recce aircraft or cruise missile platform?
Would this have been feasible?
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If someone happy to have hi-res version of these North American Rockwell PR drawings (NA-73-400, Rev 9-83), I would be very obliged for sharing them with me. Thank you.
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Browsing in the NASA technical reports I found a score of wind-tunnel tests regarding a supersonic cruise bomber that seems linked to some unknown B-70 follow on specification from late '50s (report is from 1961). Some photographic reproductions of the models are practically unviewable, but...
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)...
Ok, I know that this plane figure in cover (and in detail!) in Tony buttler book, but I haven't got this book and need some details on this monster. Just performances, weight dimensions and a 3-view drawing would be cool.
In what context was this project developed ? Did the RAF seriously bite...
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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.
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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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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...
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Gentlemen,
Is there anyone of you who haves ever seen illustrations of the
6-engined initial design for the XB-19 ?
(3-view or artists impression)
Thanks in advance..
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...
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