Category: US Supersonic Bomber Projects Vol 2
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Aircraft, APR, Art, Awesomeness, Book 4, Books, history, Monthly Historical Documents Program, Patreon, projects, US Supersonic Bomber Projects Vol 2
A cutaway illustration of the Bell D188A VTOL strike-fighter from the late 50’s/early 60’s. This Mach 2 aircraft would have used 8 small turbojets… two lift/cruise in the tail, two vertically mounted in the forward fuselage for lift and two each in wingtip nacelles that could tilt for VTOL or horizontal thrust. Often referred to…
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My next book, released for pre-order and to be shipped in a few weeks: US Supersonic Bomber Projects 2 “The threat posed by the Soviet Union throughout the postwar period coincided with an explosion of innovation and can-do attitude among America’s aircraft manufacturers. Challenging requirements and experimentation resulted in a huge variety of designs for…
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A bit short of a week ago I posted artwork of a “Boeing Advanced Fighter.” This led to the re-discovery of the actual model number 987-350 (I knew it some time back, but my brain is full I guess). And that led to the below CAD diagram, coming in just under the wire for a…
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The most recently finished diagram took several days. The references were clear and detailed… and difficult to suss out in some ways, a common issue with aircraft that had deployable bits.
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Here’s a look at Book 4. Some of the diagrams I do are completed in just a few hours. Some take considerably longer… several to many man-days, sometimes spread out over months as I dial in details. This one was sort of mid-range. The most complex and time consuming are typically the diagrams of aircraft…
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Aircraft, blather, Books, Drawings, history, Hmm…, New Products, News, Nuclear Pulse Propulsion, Nukes, projects, rockets, spacecraft, US Supersonic bomber projects Vol 1, US Supersonic Bomber Projects Vol 2
My third book, “US Supersonic Bomber Projects Vol 1” is, as I understand it, somewhere between “being printed” and “being shipped.” I am thus hard at work on Volume 2. I had hoped to also do a Volume 3, but that is unlikely: Volume 3 would be “Space Bombers.” However, apparently the market for “space”…
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