Aviation, Imagination of the Future from the Past

Tinsley's fighters seem to have rocket motors like the XS-1, but are shut off, a jet engine being in use. Yet I don't notice any air intake for a jet engine. Oh well...
Note that the exhaust smoke seems to come from *below* the rockets, indicating that the jet exhaust is below and forward of the rockets. This would suggest that the inlet is also on the underside, probably under the nose. The fuselage does seem a bit deep.
 
Note that the exhaust smoke seems to come from *below* the rockets, indicating that the jet exhaust is below and forward of the rockets. This would suggest that the inlet is also on the underside, probably under the nose.
Which very much brings to mind the Douglas D-558-2.
Jet inlets under nose, jet exhaust under aft fuselage,
some references,



 
Here's a video clip of D-558-2 jet engine being started,

The jet engines are fired in a Douglas D-558-2 supersonic aircraft being carried by a Boeing B-29 Superfortress on a test flight.​



Sure looks like this plane is inspiration for configuration of the rocket-jets in that magazine cover art.

> and speaking of sure, I'm not sure the jet engine is actually lit off in that clip, but it gives an excellent look at where the jet engine exhaust was located.
 
If there were a nicely done plastic model kit of that, I'd want one.
Might also be a fun project to try if I was in to radio control models.
Am expecting that the engine pods also had pusher props in addition to the visible tractor propellors.

Love those wings...
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The HMS M2 submarine and its reconnaissance floatplane Parnall Peto.
At the time, it sounded just like the future !
The M2 and me Peto were in service, but were lost during training when the submarine dived with the floatplane hangar door still open.
Parnall Peto Seaplane (First flight_ June 4, 1925 - only 2 built)_ Art probably by Roy Cross ...jpeg
 
The HMS M2 submarine and its reconnaissance floatplane Parnall Peto.
At the time, it sounded just like the future !
The M2 and me Peto were in service, but were lost during training when the submarine dived with the floatplane hangar door still open.
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The aircraft there were a VTOL designs as I guess ?.

Well the article mentions VTOL specifically:
Perhaps these airplanes will be able to take off and land vertically from the rook of a building. Or they may require only a very short landing strip, which could be provided by a deck built over an unobstructed freeway or over the tops of several buildings.

However, the slotted-winged airliner on approach in the illustration is clearly meant to be a STOL type - not a VTOL.
 
Actually that’s a bizarre version of the real HMS X1 submarine. Not far from the article about turning pre dreadnoughts into land battleships.
Everything here is a product of ignorance and non sense but, after a century, I must admit that it has adquired an unexpected appeal.
 
Actually that’s a bizarre version of the real HMS X1 submarine. Not far from the article about turning pre dreadnoughts into land battleships.
Everything here is a product of ignorance and non sense but, after a century, I must admit that it has adquired an unexpected appeal.
The origin of this legend lies in a World War I joke attributed to the German emperor who said, "English battleships have no wheels.":)
 

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