Early/mid 80s Boeing 1046 Long Range Transport

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Source:

http://www.dtic.mil/srch/doc?collection=t2&id=ADA259291

 

[Demon Lord Razgriz]

Isn't that the rival of the C-5 that was later turned into the Boeing 747?

 

[flateric]

Isn't that the rival of the C-5 that was later turned into the Boeing 747?

"Heavy Logistics System" (CX-HLS) (previously CX-X) program, that lead to C-5, was a little bit earlier...20 years earlier.

 

[Stargazer]

Please note that the above design appears as "1046-103", not "-105" in the rest of the document, which makes me think this is either a typo or a consequence of a poor scan.

 

[Tuomasn]

Boeing 1046-103 image from "Aeronautical Technology 2000: A Projection of Advanced Vehicle Concepts" (http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19860003767).

 

[taildragger]

Isn't that the rival of the C-5 that was later turned into the Boeing 747?

Joe Sutter, the Project Engineer on the 747 program, insists that the 747 was not derived from the Boeing CX-X proposal and I think we have to take his word for it. The requirements are so fundamentally different that a CX-X derived airliner would probably be badly compromised. Looking at the proportions and shapes of the Boeing CX-X, it's hard not to see a strong family resemblance though. I suspect that it's a function of individuals applying experience gained on a previous program to similar problems.

 

[Triton]

Source:

http://www.dtic.mil/srch/doc?collection=t2&id=ADA259291

Updated URL:
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA259291