LTV Sea-Based VTOL Fighter

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Print sold on eBay. No other info. If this airplane was already discussed in another topic, please merge accordingly. Thank you admin.

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

A good scan of this drawing was posted back in 2007:



http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,783.msg15629.html#msg15629


and also was featured in American Secret Projects: Fighters and Interceptors.


Nothing is known beyond the caption. A similar design with twin tails, also from 1969, was posted by Mark Nankivil:

 

[XP67_Moonbat]

Wow! I see hints of the Tomcat in that one.

 

[Stargazer]

Wow! I see hints of the Tomcat in that one.

Really????

 

[Nik]

The nose-wheel well does double duty ? That's, um, creative...

 

[mithril]

Wow! I see hints of the Tomcat in that one.

Really? ???

look at the rear fuselage and tailsection.
replace the wings with the glove and VG wings, and shorten the forward fuselage..

 

[Sferrin]

Wow! I see hints of the Tomcat in that one.

Really? ???

look at the rear fuselage and tailsection.
replace the wings with the glove and VG wings, and shorten the forward fuselage..

More like a Vigilante.

 

[OM]

Wow! I see hints of the Tomcat in that one.

Really? ???

look at the rear fuselage and tailsection.
replace the wings with the glove and VG wings, and shorten the forward fuselage..

More like a Vigilante.

...Split the difference, then, as I see elements of both.

 

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The nose-wheel well does double duty ? That's, um, creative...

Triple duty -- there's probably a missile bay in there too...

 

[OM]

The nose-wheel well does double duty ? That's, um, creative...

Triple duty -- there's probably a missile bay in there too...

...And that's not counting the dumb kid hiding in the wheel well trying to illegally enter the country

 

[XP67_Moonbat]

Print sold on eBay. No other info. If this airplane was already discussed in another topic, please merge accordingly. Thank you admin.

I've been doing a re-watch of Space Force on Netflix and spotted the LTV VTOL fighter painting hanging in the waiting area to General Naird's (Steve Carrell) office.