Lots of old shuttle pictures.

[Hanse]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/sets/72157632474840798/

Check out this shuttle with a linear aerospike. Remind you of anything?


Lots of high res color stuff.

 

[Hanse]

A few more samples from that site.

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[XP67_Moonbat]

The first pic is the Boeing Boomerang concept.

 

[Orionblamblam]

Nope. It's a North American design.

 

[XP67_Moonbat]

Touche! I stand corrected. ;D

 

[Archibald]

Now that's what I call a treasure trove. Thank you for sharing this !

 

[OM]

Now that's what I call a treasure trove. Thank you for sharing this !

...This museum in San Diego has a *long ton* of images, including some of the Sea Dart that I haven't seen before. And then there's *this* one that literally had me rolling on the floor. Which was rather inconvenient considering how difficult it is to get off said floor with this fake leg of mine.


But I digress. Here, have a laugh at this one along with me:

...Thank you, Convair. I needed this guffaw fodder this morning ;D ;D ;D

 

[royabulgaf]

So Jethro gave up his fry cook ambition to design A-row-planes.

 

[Bill Walker]

Actually, DHC did something basically the same with Caribou models in the 1950s. I seem to recall they were after quick turn around times between design changes, plus freedom from wind tunnel schedules. After testing on a truck, the final model was flown on top of an Otter.

 

[XP67_Moonbat]

What's the designation of the North American concept?

 

[merriman]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/sets/72157632474840798/

Check out this shuttle with a linear aerospike. Remind you of anything?


Lots of high res color stuff.

SUPERCAR!

Ford T-Bird?

David

 

[XP67_Moonbat]

Haha. Funny