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    Consolidated-Vultee Flying Boat Projects

    The July 1946 issue of Air Trails magazine has an article on large-scale flying models used for aerodynamic research. There are several images of a four-engine flying boat -- obviously if CVAC went to the expense of doing this, then it expected to build something. The legend on the nose reads...
    • Clioman
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    • 1940s airliner civil aviation cold war consolidated vultee aircraft corporation convair flying boat late 1930s national advisory committee for aeronautics pre-world war ii seaplane transport aircraft united states united states navy world war ii
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
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    Vultee XP-68 and other « Swoose Goose » variants

    Can I also ask for the Vultee XP-68,the improvement version of Vultee XP-54
    • Vietcong
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    • air materiel command consolidated vultee aircraft corporation early 1940s united states army air forces vultee aircraft corporation world war ii
    • Replies: 41
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  3. DarkLord

    X-11, X-12, Atlas missile forerunners

    I am researching the Atlas missile forerunners for a model project. I have some illustrations of the X-12 "Atlas", which had 4 boost engines plus the central sustainer engine; plus a diameter of 12 feet as opposed to the final atlas of 10 feet: but I would like some dimensioned drawings or any...
    • DarkLord
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    • atlas corporation consolidated vultee aircraft corporation convair mx-1593 mx-774 ramo-wooldridge strategic air command united states air force usaf western development division von neumann committee xb-65
    • Replies: 40
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
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    Convair XP-92 / XF-92 - Projects and Development

    Convair XP-92 first configuration
    • Justo Miranda
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    • air defence air defense command cold war consolidated vultee consolidated vultee aircraft corporation continental air forces convair interceptor interceptors late 1940s national advisory committee for aeronautics point-defense interceptor post-world war ii united states air force united states army air forces world war ii
    • Replies: 129
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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    Convair XC-99 and derivatives

    The world's largest land plane, the XC-99, made its first flight in San Diego on 23 November 1947. The XC-99, serial 43-52436, is a double deck transport variant of the B-36. It has a considerably larger fuselage, but was never fitted with jet pods. The wingspan is the same 230 feet, but the...
    • KnightTemplar
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    • 1940s 1950s air transport command cold war consolidated vultee consolidated vultee aircraft corporation convair heavy transport korean war military air transport service nuclear powered aircraft pan am pan american world airways post-world war ii united states air force united states army air forces world war ii
    • Replies: 99
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
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    1946 USAAF Penetration Fighter (XF-88, XF-90)

    Hi friends. I know, that: Initial attempts to produce jet-powered fighters with the endurance of piston-engined aircraft (e. g. the Bell XP-83 and the Convair XP-81) were disappointing, and in early 1946, the USAAF informally requested proposals for a "penetration fighter" with a combat...
    • devi
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    • cold war consolidated vultee consolidated vultee aircraft corporation convair curtiss-wright airplane division escort fighter late 1940s lockheed mcdonnell aircraft corporation north american aviation penetration fighter post-world war ii strategic air command united states united states air force united states army air forces
    • Replies: 141
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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