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Douglas print ad from 1961 showing space vehicle concepts. URL: http://cgi.ebay.com/1961-DOUGLAS-Missiles-SPACE-SYSTEMS-Lunar-Vehicles-Ad-/310237049775?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0

What is this? Seems a Biconic lifting body docked with a some Saturn-IB Station! I have found on web,but don't know what is.

Douglas DC-9 Model 2086 proposal factory model from the late 1950s found on eBay. URL: http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-DC-9-Proposal-Douglas-Factory-Model-DFM-Airplane-/160416988811?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item255998fe8b Seller's description:

This model auction ended April 19, 2010 on EBay here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330423502234&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT There are a dozen images on the listing so you might grab them while they are still up. From the listing: Douglas Aircraft Matson Cruise Ship Line...

Does anyone know of a good source of information on the Thor IRBM? There is a detailed official history of its contemporary, the Jupiter, on the internet, but I haven't found an equivalent for Thor. I'm trying to locate a good weight breakdown for the combat missile, and although there are...

With the recent Skysentry thread, we've seen a couple of variants of the DC-6 & DC-7 (I believe) variants, as well as the B-52 competition's Douglas dark horses jet powered bomber versions of the DC-6. I know there was the DC-4M Merlin powered & the Carvair ferry versions of the DC-4, firebomber...

Model of Douglas F5D Skylancer manufactured by Allyn found on eBay. Seller's description: http://cgi.ebay.com/Douglas-F5D-Skylancer-Factory-Desk-Model-Allyn_W0QQitemZ110470620168QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item19b88fe408

Manned Aerodynamic Reusable Spaceship. Presented by Douglas in 1962 for the Aerospaceplane (ASP) contest. Clearly, someone at Douglas had watched "When Worlds Collide" a few too many times. This was designed not as a true SSTO, but as a twin-ship formation... one carrying payload, the other...

Does anyone have a picture of Philip Bono the creator of ROMBUS, Pegasus, ICARUS, Ithacus, Selene, Deimos etc. who was employed at McDonnell-Douglas? My image searches seem to hit Salvatore Philip Bono aka "Sonny" Bono the late Congressman and former husband of Cher and the television program...

I am looking for a picture of the Douglas CG-19 glider project that was initiated in 1946. Anybody can help? Jso Heyman

The A4D-4 was a 1958 proposal for a long-range all-weather attack version of the Skyhawk. It would be capable of delivering a nuclear weapon at low altitude. The wing shape was changed from that of a delta to that of a swept tapered shape. The span of the swept wing was increased by about 10...

Philip Bono master piece "Reusable Orbital Module-Booster & Utility Shuttle"from 1964 http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/rombus.htm is SSTO (VTOVL) with payload 450 tons in 185 km Orbit. with a plug nozzle rocket engine design, used also as heat shield during atmospheric reentry. most of LH2 fuel...

Hi, the Douglas Astro was delta-wing vehicle and spacecraft,it was combined aircraft and rocketry concepts. http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1963/1963%20-%201667.pdf

In the book "Douglas AD Skyraider" by Peter C. Smith (Crowood Aviation series) I found this info about AD-6 armament: Is it true? First time I read about Bullpup-armed Skyraider. I never hear before about it, never seen any pictures or anything. Maybe it's mistake?

Hi all, there is a drawing of Douglas X-planes. I believe the D.558-III "Skyflash" is the Douglas D.684? Servus Maveric

This atomic weapon is mentioned in Tony Buttlers' ASP: Fighers & Interceptors, as being one of the armament schemes for the Northrop N-144, amongst others. Is this, in fact, referring to Genie, or something else?

1964 study of C-133 as Saturn S-I and S-IV stages carrier aircraft LOW-SPEED CHARACTERISTICS OF A 1/2O-SCALE FOUR-ENGINE TRANSPORT MODEL WITH LARGE BODIES MOUNTED ABOVE THE FUSELAGE by Vernurd E . Lockwood Langley Reseurch Center Lungley Stution, Humpton, Vu, March 1964 Full paper...

Hi all, I search for a list of Douglas designation! Can anybody help? PLEASE!!!! Servus Maveric

http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-7.html Length: 130" Diameter: 14.8" Span: 44" Weight: 824.7lb Warhead: Fractional kiloton warhead (120lb) Guidance: Sparrow III seeker Range: 6miles @ sea level, 25 miles @ altitude Lockon range for radar: 20 miles Altitude: up to 80,000 ft Source...

The AP-76 was one of the neatest-looking of the X-15 contenders... and also the poorest performer of the bunch. Looks ain't everything. BLATANT COMMERCIALISM WARNING.... Along with the AP-76, I just added a slew of new items. The AP-76 report is a prime example of how a design *should* be...