Douglas supply and escape vehicle

[Barrington Bond]

A Douglas ad with what looks like Astro in it..

 

[cfiav8tor]

I recently added this Douglas Aircraft wind tunnel model to my collection of wind tunnel models. The model is what I believe to be a Douglas Astro delta-wing spacecraft (lifting body) dating back to the late 1950's to the early 1960's. The wtm is made of solid Mahogany with a phenolic canopy and has a wingspan of 17.75 inches (fin to fin), fuselage length of 18.5 inches and weighs 11.25 pounds.

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Cool!


Any other interesting models in your collection?

 

[cfiav8tor]

I have about 60 wind tunnel models in my collection ranging from a 1928 Vought biplane (my oldest), 1940's Lockheed Ventura, 1936 Curtiss Shrike, 1940's Beechcraft Grizzly, 1942 Pratt-read training glider, X-24B, 1950's / 1960's X-20 Dyna-Soar, 1972 Convair Tri-mese, 1980's McDonnell Douglas NASP, early 1970's North American Aviation B-1, SST models, plus numerous other aircraft, drop tanks, missiles, bombs, jet engine nacelles, and ramjet center bodies.

 

[Orionblamblam]

The model is what I believe to be a Douglas Astro delta-wing spacecraft (lifting body)

I've seen art & drawings of that. It was a small logistics or Apollo-style spaceplane, not a large vehicle like Astro.