Aero Spacelines and the "Saro Princess"

[The Artist]

Great finding, Paul. My favourite is the attached one. A long way to the pilot's workplace ;D .

This one is a Dee Howard design. Estimating from the dimensions in the drawing I've seen, but been asked not to share, this thing could have carried the Saturn V first or second stage. The cockpit would have been either a DC-7 or C-97 forward fuselage. The wings and engines would have been from DC-7s.

I've not been able to find a Dee Howard thread. Do we have one?

 

[hesham]

Hi,


I don't remember if we sent those drawings before or not.

 

[hesham]

Hi,


I don't remember if we sent those drawings before or not.

Also from L + K magazine.

 

[blackkite]

She was not so cute compared with her name. ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV1eUeo27tc

 

[Bill S]

Great finding, Paul. My favourite is the attached one. A long way to the pilot's workplace ;D.

Howard DBA which was tested in Vought's LSWT
Here are a couple of images of it in the tunnel.
VAHF photos

 

[hesham]

Nice find my dear Bill.

 

[NoBarrelRolls]

Took the liberty of combining all three drawings previously posted into a three view drawing.

 

[Archibald]

That's truly a morbidly obese plane... and think about trying to land that pachyderm with any light crosswind(s).

 

[Topi]

Took the liberty of combining all three drawings previously posted into a three view drawing.

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It looks somewhat like a tick which has just sucked a year's worth of blood.