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In 1960-1961 Wright Patterson AFB and Lear were developing an Orbital Bomber cockpit layout and instrumentation systems for a spacecraft that was reminiscent of a two seat Dyna Soar. Designers at Lear were told that a Classified orbital vehicle was under design and that the instrumentation would be considered for the design. I'm not sure, but this may have been the Dyna-Mows (Manned Orbital Weapon System) cockpit. Can anyone verify that this cockpit was affiliated with Dyna Soar or if the Orbital Bomber was a stand alone cockpit study and concept? AWST identified the cockpit as the Mark IV layout study for WPAFB, however the Orbital Bomber Cockpit photo on the left appears to be a more refined design.

[QUOTE="Dynoman, post: 461019, member: 3245"] In 1960-1961 Wright Patterson AFB and Lear were developing an Orbital Bomber cockpit layout and instrumentation systems for a spacecraft that was reminiscent of a two seat Dyna Soar. Designers at Lear were told that a Classified orbital vehicle was under design and that the instrumentation would be considered for the design. I'm not sure, but this may have been the Dyna-Mows (Manned Orbital Weapon System) cockpit. Can anyone verify that this cockpit was affiliated with Dyna Soar or if the Orbital Bomber was a stand alone cockpit study and concept? AWST identified the cockpit as the Mark IV layout study for WPAFB, however the Orbital Bomber Cockpit photo on the left appears to be a more refined design. [/QUOTE]

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