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.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...
SkyrocketNote 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.
Which very much brings to mind the Douglas D-558-2.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.
I'm thinking that if that page isn't from the April 1 issue it certainly should be.
Love those wings...
I hear ya!I wish I had access to pg 543 so I could learn the secrets behind this machine.
HiThe 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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I bought it a few days ago.Terry Treadwell wrote a revised version in 1999:
The 1999 version is the bestI bought it a few days ago.
Some of that "next 40 years" became reality, some turned out to be impractical, but, hey, that's par for the course when looking in to the future of aviation technology.From Boeing magazine 1956.
From Boeing magazine 1956.
The aircraft there were a VTOL designs as I guess ?.
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.
The origin of this legend lies in a World War I joke attributed to the German emperor who said, "English battleships have no wheels."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.