Category: Monthly Historical Documents Program
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The December 2022 rewards are available for APR Patrons and Subscribers. This latest package includes: Large Format Diagram: AWACS model diagram Document: “Preliminary Design of a Mars Excursion Module,” 1964 conference paper, Philco Document: “Astronauts Memorial” 2 diagrams Document: “Patrol Reconnaissance Airplane Twin Float,” Convair brochure (via photos), 1944. Two piston engines, two turbojets Document:…
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The Bell 214ST (“Super Transport”) first flew in 1977. Derived from the Bell 214, itself derived from the UH-1 “Huey,” the 214ST was substantially bigger and more powerful than the original design. Bell had great hopes for the type, but in the end less than one hundred were produced. A not-inconsiderable part of the problem…
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A Boeing rendering of an advanced fighter from the late 70’s/early 80’s. This design features variable sweep wings and inlets mounted over the shoulders, reminiscent of the Boeing Model 818 design proposed in the early 1960s for the TFX program (won by General Dynamics, resulting in the F-111… check out “US Supersonic Bomber Projects Vol…
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Aircraft, APR, Art, CAD Diagrams, history, Monthly Historical Documents Program, New Products, Patreon, projects, rockets, spacecraft
The October 2022 rewards are available for APR Patrons and Subscribers. This latest package includes: Large format art: A Bell Aerospace painting of the D188A VTOL fighter/bomber Document: “Standard Aircraft Characteristics – Convair Class VF Seaplane Night Fighter (SKATE)” diagrams and data for seaplane jet fighter Document: “21St Century Aerospace – The 20th Century Challenge,”…
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Three magazine advertisements from 1960, depicting the East German Type 152 jetliner (which would have been a *fantastic* jetliner in the late 1940’s), the Convair F-106 and the Fiat G91 T jet trainer. The full-rez scans of these ads have been uploaded into the 2022-10 APR Extras folder on Dropbox, available to all $4…
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The ad below was published in magazines in 1982, showing a cutaway illustration of the then-fancy new B-1B bomber, recently rescued by the Reagan Administration. The background is here depicted as a rather dull gray, but the physical ad has a shiny metallic coating, which must have cost a small fortune at the time. …
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