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Can I also ask for the Vultee XP-68,the improvement version of Vultee XP-54

Here's a color shot of the XF-89 (46-678) with Fred C. Bretcher in the cockpit.

Greetings All - A friend passed along some scans from the San Diego Air & Space Museum which included a number of Convair designs I was not aware of. First off is the Model 103... Enjoy the Day! Mark

I finally got the microfilm in the mail of all four volumes of this study; and had them scanned by a local company. First up, the magnificient maidien known as the Valkyrie: Reading further; North American was very dead set against Active Defense in any form for the B-70; which isn't that...

Time's right to start a thread on my namesake, the XP-67 Moonbat (a.k.a. simply as the Bat). Here's a good link about it. http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/URG/xp67.html Moonbat

I guess the search engine really is my friend. So say we all. http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aviation/howard-hughes-d-2-a-9232.html Moonbat

Hi, I know that my dear Orionblamblam displayed a drawing to it before, but here is Boeing Model-448 in wind tunnel. Source: Charles D Bright The Jet Makers: The Aerospace Industry from 1945 to 1972 http://www.generalatomic.com/jetmakers/chapter4.html

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

XA-44, later became XB-53 From http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil

Got this while touring WPAFB restoration facility looking for YF-23. Was told it is only example existant.

Hi All! 1)Martin Model 234---XA-45 2) ? ? .................. That you can add ?

From "Flying" August 1945

Convair XP-92 first configuration

Hi Everyone! Does anyone know where any good three-view line drawings of the Curtiss XP-71 can be found? Thanx!!! Chuck

Hi folks, A new thread for and unknown, secret or rare North American P-51 Mustang variants. I'll start off by including what may have been the ultimate Mustang: This was supposedly a proposal that North American had come up with in case the war had continued. As you can see, it had...

The Boeing Xf8b-1 Fighter: Last of the Line by Jared A. Zichek Schiffer Publishing Folks, This makes for an excellent read! The book is very nicely done and is packed to the gills with information about this big Boeing beastie. Yeah, they only made three aircraft and the thing was never...

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...

Available here: http://www.up-ship.com/drawndoc/drawndocair.htm This includes a very large drawings of the missile and booster meant specifically for model makers; Standard Aircraft/Missile Characteristics of two early variants; rare drawings of the 1949 over/under ramjet version; a few other...

This idea was proved pre WW2 but for some reason doesn't seem to have been considered for use in extending the range of LRMP aircraft. What method was used, my reading of it is that the tanker trailed a hose (with a drogue to prevent wild movements) and the receiving aircraft caught this with a...

My dears, do you know Davis Manta fighter ?. just model;