Category: Monthly Historical Documents Program
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I did my best to stitch together this two-page magazine ad. Dating from 1986, it shows missile programs then underway at Martin-Marietta; front
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Via the University of Alabama, Huntsville archive, a 1942 cutaway diagram of the German A-4 (“V-2”) ballistic rocket. I’ve uploaded the full
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Procured from ebay, this piece of concept art sadly comes without context. It shows a tanker aircraft (pretty much a McDonnell-Douglas YC-15, though
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Art, Awesomeness, Drawings, Humor, Monthly Historical Documents Program, Nukes, Patreon, rockets, Science Fiction, spacecraft, Weapons
This is a little outside the usual for APR, as it is satire rather than actual aerospace design. But I thought it appropriate
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I’ve just uploaded a 1986 article on the “Midgetman” road-mobile Small ICBM developed but not deployed by the US at the end of
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In 1992 NASA had a flurry of PR about the “First Lunar Outpost” concept which would see the US return to the moon
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Black and white concept art, Rockwell illustration from the early 70’s represents the almost-final B-1A configuration, from back when being very supersonic was
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A late 1950’s project from Fairchild Aircraft for a STOL aircraft, the M-232. The propulsion system was fixed, but the wings were given
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Grumman won the contract to build the forward-swept-wing X-29. But Grumman was not the only company to go for the contract; Rockwell devoted
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Aircraft, Art, CAD Diagrams, Drawings, history, Monthly Historical Documents Program, New Products, Patreon, projects, rockets, spacecraft
The rewards for August, 2023, have been released. They include: Document: Report No. ZD-013, “Preliminary Detail Specification for United States Navy Class VP
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