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The "Aerospace Projects Review Monthly Historical Documents Program" is a subscription service that, for a mere pittance, provides a monthly haul of high-rez scans of documents and large format diagrams/artwork of aerospace historical interest, as well as a CAD diagram created by yours truly. Formerly known as the APR Patreon, it has spread out a bit to a simple PayPal-subscription system. The APR Patreon is still running, of course, so there are two ways to sign up, both described here:
http://www.aerospaceprojectsreview.com/monthly.htm

This has been running since 2014, with multiple documents/diagrams issued every month. Every single monthly set is available for purchase by subscribers. Subscriptions run from as little as $1.50 to $10 per month, with an increasing set of perks. The first set, from 2014-07, included:
Document: "Manned Orbiting Station and Alternatives, Vol. IV," dated 1963. This provides a number of diagrams of MOL and Dyna Soar-based small space stations, as well as being the earliest known publication of the Gemini "interceptor."
Diagram: "TAC BJ-58:" LARGE format diagram of the two-engined BJ-58 supersonic bomber
CAD diagram: two included... Titan III/X-20/MOL and ISINGLASS.
 

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For 2014-08, the package included:
Diagram: a very large, very nice layout of the Avro Arrow.
Document: a report on the Vought Regulus II cruise missile which includes some very nice layout and inboard diagrams of both the operational and test missiles.
Document: “Introduction to Kistler Aerospace Corporation,” a full-color brochure from 1995 describing the K-0 sorta-SSTO launch vehicle (which would use an “launch platform”).
Three all-new CAD diagrams:
1) The Boeing “Big Onion” SSTO from the 1970s, meant to launch Solar Power Satellite components
2) The Space Shuttle Main Engine
3) The Northrop Tacit Blue stealth testbed.

The 2014-08 package is available to all subscribers as a back issue.
 

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For 2014-09, the package included:
Document: “Notes on Space Technology,” a compilation of notes by the Flight Research Division of the NACA Langley Research Center based on a space technology course given in the early part of 1958. A hefty 670+pages in length, this covered just about every aspect of space travel as understood in 1958.
Diagram: a large-format inboard profile of the North American Aviation F-108 Rapier Mach 3+ interceptor, from near the end of the program
CAD diagrams:
Boeing Bird of Prey stealth, manufacturing and materials testing prototype aircraft from the 1990’s
Zenith Star experimental space based laser anti-missile system, 1988
Hypersonic Test Vehicle 2, a maneuverable hypersonic glider for missile-launched warheads
 

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The package for 2014-10 included:

Document: “A Recoverable Air Breathing Booster,” A Chrysler study from 1964 for a strap-on booster system for the Saturn Ib incorporating additional H-1 rocket engines and jet engines for recovery.
Document: “XF-103 Descriptive Data,”a Lockheed collection of information on the then-current XF-103. This is from a Lockheed collection of information on competitors designs.
Large format diagram scan: the Boeing Advanced Theater Transport. A later version of the tilt-wing “Super Frog.”
A CAD diagram of an early NACA-Langley design for what would become the X-15.

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The package for 2014-11 includes:
Document: “The Air Turborocket Powerplant,” an Aerojet brochure from October 1955 describing an advanced airbreathing propulsion system for missiles, bombers, intercepts, etc.
Document: “VTOL Transport Aircraft Comparative Study,” a report from Vertol, 1956. Describes, with data, sketches and three-view diagrams, a range of different types of VTOL transports, including tilt-wings, lift jets, aerodyne, etc.
DIAGRAMS: two parter. First: layout, inboard and sectional views of the Lockheed L-2000 SST. Second: Douglas diagrams… “Plans for Scale Model Construction of the Long-Tank Thor Agena.” Good diagrams of the launch vehicle.
CAD diagram: NASA-Langley hypersonic transport.
 

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As a subscriber I've been looking at the back issues but there is no description. So this is handy...
 
2014-12 package:
Document: “Design Study for an Air Force Model F-82E Airplane Modified to a Ground Attack Aircraft with Allison XT-38 Turbo Prop Engine,” a North American Aviation report from 1948. This was not for a simple engine swap-out… the cockpits were moved forward and the engines located behind them, driving the props with long shafts.
Document: “SAM-D Air Defense Weapon System,” a 1973 US Army description document of what would become the Patriot missile system.
Large Format Diagram: a large-format full-color (w/bonus grayscale versions) diagram of the X-20 Dyna Soar. Very detailed and clear. Looks great on a wall (believe me on that!)
CAD Diagram: Boeing Model 853-21 “Quiet Bird” a 1961 design study for a low radar cross section (i.e. stealthy) research aircraft.
 

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2015-01 package:
Document: "Handbook on Guided Missiles of Germany and Japan" Military intelligence Division, War Department, February 1946.
Document: "Application of SNAP 2 to Manned Orbital Space Stations," North American Aviation, 1962
Diagram: Model 733-290 Inboard Profile, early swing-wing SST configuration
CAD Diagram: orbital ring schematic
 

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2015-02 package:
Diagram: large, clear Skylab annotated cutaway
Document: Northrop F-89F Descriptive Data, Lockheed summary of competitors information
Document: Titan III B-C-D-E Propulsion Handbook by Aerojet
CAD Diagram: North American XB-70
 

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Thank you.
Have recently purchased several small items, expect to return for more.
 
2015-03 package:
Document: SR-126 briefing, 1957. Bell report on Bomber Missile (BoMi) project, a predecessor to the Dyna Soar
Document: Fleet Ballistic Missile System, paper on Polaris to Trident
Diagram/Art: Orbital Sciences Launch Systems Group poster, with diagrams of OSC launch vehicles orbital and sub-orbitalCAD diagram: USAF 10-meter Orion compared with Titan IIIC
 

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Do you do research services on request?
Sorta. If it's something I already have, then, yes. If it's something I do not, then it gets trickier. If it requires me to travel to some distant archive to do research, I'm happy to do so... given the funding. And if it's something in between, like if i know a guy, then... maybe.

In short:
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2015-04 package:
Document: "Introduction for HIBEX:" conference paper on super-high acceleration interceptor experimental missile
Document: "Introduction for SPRINT:" Conference paper on high acceleration interceptor missile
Document: "Spectrum of Supersonic Aircraft:" Rupublic Aviation conference paper by Kartvelli describing aircraft such as VTOL, Mach 4.5 nuclear power bomber, Mach 7 bomber, Mach 25 orbital airplane.
Diagram: Boeing 2707-100 high-rez diagram
CAD Diagram: C-5 Galaxy
 

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2015-05 package:
Document: "An Appeal to Unshackle Launch Vehicle Thinking," a proposal written by Bill Escher of NASA, early 1960's. Puts forward ideas about how to design launch vehicles in a very different way.
Document: "Trident II (D5) Third Stage Motor Field Service Manual."
Document: "Arctic Resources Airplane Transportation System," Boeing conference paper from 1973 on a very large plane to serve as an oil tanker
Diagram: 1954 Consolidated Vultee VTOL supersonic tailsitter jet fighter general arrangement
CAD Diagram: Rockwell "Surprise Fighter," an early stealth fighter concept
 

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2015-06 package includes:

Document: "Mercury Booster Recovery:" 1960 Marshall Space Flight Center report on making the Mercury-Redstone booster recoverable. Compare with Falcon 9...
Document: "Advanced Configuration Study Power Plant Description and Comparison," XDC 60-2-2, 1960 General Electric report on nuclear turbojets.
Document: "Advanced Configuration Study, Design," XDC 60-2-3, 1960 General Electric report on nuclear turbojets.
Diagrams: "Honest John" and "Long Tank Delta." McDonnell Douglas large format prints with model makers in mind.
CAD Diagram: Convair FISH
 

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2015-05 package:
Document: "An Appeal to Unshackle Launch Vehicle Thinking," a proposal written by Bill Escher of NASA, early 1960's. Puts forward ideas about how to design launch vehicles in a very different way.
Document: "Trident II (D5) Third Stage Motor Field Service Manual."
Document: "Arctic Resources Airplane Transportation System," Boeing conference paper from 1973 on a very large plane to serve as an oil tanker
Diagram: 1954 Consolidated Vultee VTOL supersonic tailsitter jet fighter general arrangement
CAD Diagram: Rockwell "Surprise Fighter," an early stealth fighter concept
Is it possible to buy it? I'm interested in the boeing RC-1 document.
 
2015-07 package:
Document: "Proposal for X-14 Follow-On Aircraft:" 1962 bell report on X-14C VTOL ground attack aircraft
Document: "A Conceptual Design for a Manned Mars Vehicle," 1960 Boeing paper by Phil Bono on a Dyna Soar-like manned Mars spacecraft
Document: Collection of high-rez full-color art for Bono Mars study
Diagram: X-15A3 (Delta Winged X-15) Internal Structure
CAD Diagram: Space Launch System compared to Saturn V, Saturn Ib, Space Shuttle
 

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2015-08 package:
Document: "Intercontinental High Speed Strategic Type Airplane," 1951 Fairchild report on the M-121 "biplane" bomber
Document: "Reusable Ground Launch Vehicle Study - 50 to 100 Ton Orbital payload" 1962 Boeing report on Model 922 winged, manned flyback Saturn V S-IC stage
Document: "The Rocket Propelled Commercial Airliner," 1956 paper by Dr. Walter Dornberger describing his ideas for a two-stage hypersonic passenger transport rocket
Diagram: X-15A3 (delta winged) inboard profile
CAD Diagram: lofter concept for 4,000 ton Orion
 

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2015-09 package includes:
Document: "Strategic Bomber/ Reconnaissance Weapon System (Low Altitude) Project MX-2091," Douglas report from 1953 describing high speed jet bomber concepts
Document: "Manned Planetary Exploration Capability Using Nuclear Pulse Propulsion," paper on Project Orion by General Atomic, includes diagrams and art
Document: "The Variable Payload Booster - Next Generation of Large Launch Vehicle?" Douglas paper no. 4298, by Phil Bono 1967, describing clusterable vehicle with payload up to 3.84 million pounds
Diagram: Chrysler SERV SSTO Space Shuttle concept blueprint

The "Aerospace Projects Review Monthly Historical Documents Program" is a subscription service that, for a mere pittance, provides a monthly haul of high-rez scans of documents and large format diagrams/artwork of aerospace historical interest, as well as a CAD diagram created by yours truly. Formerly known as the APR Patreon, it has spread out a bit to a simple PayPal-subscription system. The APR Patreon is still running, of course, so there are two ways to sign up, both described here:
http://www.aerospaceprojectsreview.com/monthly.htm

All back issues are available for purchase by subscribers.
 

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I gotta remember to DL that stuff. Time gets away and next thing I know it's been a year.
 
But wait! There's more!!

2015-10 package includes:
Document: "Nuclear Power in the Air of Tomorrow:" 1956 Northrop paper on nuclear powered aircraft
Document: "ROMBUS - An Integrated Systems Concept for a Reusable Orbital Module (Booster & Utility Shuttle)" Douglas Engineering Paper No. 1552, 1963, written by Phil Bono about his large SSTO concept
Document: "Intermediate Payload Launch Vehicles," 1967 McDonnell-Douglas paper on Saturn-derived launch vehicles
Diagram: MLV-Sat V-25(S), stretched Saturn V with four 260-inch solid rocket boosters
CAD Diagram: North American RD-1381-B, 2-stage manned rocket interceptor
 

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2015-11 package includes:
Document: "Heavy Bombardment Airplane Six Engine Model 36" 1942 Convair brochure/summary of the early proposal for the B-36
Document: "X-15 Delta Wing" 1965 North American presentation on stretched, delta winged X-15 modifications
Document: "The Satellite Nuclear Power Station," article on a 10 gigawatt power station for geosynchronous orbit
Diagram: "NERVA Model," 2 sheets, NASA diagrams for nuclear rocket engine display model
CAD Diagram: Bernal Sphere space colony
 

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2015-12 package includes:
Document: "High Speed Civil transport program Review:" 1990's Boeing presentation on modern SST
Document: "X-20 Weight Analysis Report:" 1964 Boeing report on current status of X-20. Loaded with structural, configuration, component diagrams.
Document: "Pilot's handbook for the XB-35 Airplane:" When you have a giant flying with but forgot how to fly it.
Art: Northrop spacecraft
Art: SDI Railgun concept art (3)
CAD Diagram: Tremulis "Zero Fighter" 2-stage manned rocket interceptor
 

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2016-01 package includes:
Document: "Application of FLOX:" use of fluorine-oxygen in the Saturn V
Document: "The One-Way Manned Space Mission," 1962 Bell paper on a one-way lunar mission
Document: "Long Range Bombardment Airplane M.C.D. 392:" wartime presentation on Material Command concept for a giant bomber
Diagram: D90-945-057, a Bell design for a high speed derivative of the X-5
CAD diagram: Convair Super-Hustler
 

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2016-02 package:
Document: "Proposal for Design Evaluation, Army Attack Bomber," 1944 Curtiss Wright report on jet bomber concept (started as the XA-43, eventually became the XF-87)
Document: "Model D558 Phase II Mockup Conference" Douglas March 18, 1946, collection of diagrams of the aircraft as then designed
Art: "Lockheed Lunar Lander," lithograph
CAD Diagram: "Jake's Jeep," NACA concept for piston engine ducted fan "jet" research aircraft
 

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2016-03 package includes:
Document: "AP-23 SLAR Interceptor:" 1949 Republic summary of engineering data about an F-84 modified with swept back wings, radar guidance and afterburning.
Document: "Solid propellant first stage for Saturn C-3:" 1961 United Tech report on a Saturn launcher using a cluster of conical solid rockets for the first stage
Diagram: General arrangement Lockheed X-24C - L 301 hypersonic research aircraft
CAD diagram: Horton Ho XVIIIB-2 bomber
 

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Orionblamblam, are there any materials relating to Marquardt among these APR monthlies? Let me know.
 
2016-04 package includes:
Document: "Handbook of Erection & Maintenance Instructions for the XB-35 Airplane" 600+ pages of info and diagrams to help you assemble and maintain your own flying wing
Document: "Delta Wing X-15 Structures Technology:" 1965 North American Aviation report with lots of info and diagrams
Diagram: "General Arrangement Delta Wing X-15 Study Proposal"
CAD Diagram: Lockheed-Martin VS-07 variable geometry stealth bomber
 

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2016-05 package includes:
Document: "Aircraft Descriptive Data for Boeing Model 701:" Lockheed "intelligence" report on competing supersonic bomber
Document: "The Challenge of Space Exploration:" early NASA booklet explaining space to the public
Art: Northrop space station lithograph
Diagram/Document: "Theoretical Performance of Rocket Propellant Combinations," Rocketdyne chart with Isp, mixture ratio, density, etc. data for a range of propellants
CAD Diagram: Lockheed A-1A with wingtip ramjets

The "Aerospace Projects Review Monthly Historical Documents Program" is a subscription service that, for a mere pittance, provides a monthly haul of high-rez scans of documents and large format diagrams/artwork of aerospace historical interest, as well as a CAD diagram created by yours truly. Formerly known as the APR Patreon, it has spread out a bit to a simple PayPal-subscription system. The APR Patreon is still running, of course, so there are two ways to sign up, both described here:

All back issues are available for purchase by subscribers, with subscriptions as low as a buck a month.
 

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2016-01 package includes:
Document: "Application of FLOX:" use of fluorine-oxygen in the Saturn V
Document: "The One-Way Manned Space Mission," 1962 Bell paper on a one-way lunar mission
Document: "Long Range Bombardment Airplane M.C.D. 392:" wartime presentation on Material Command concept for a giant bomber
Diagram: D90-945-057, a Bell design for a high speed derivative of the X-5
CAD diagram: Convair Super-Hustler
That one-way manned space mission reminds me of a novel with that theme that came out in the late-50's or early-60's, The Pilgrim Project by, IIRC, Hank Searls.
 
2016-06 package includes:
Document: "A-4 Evolution," a series of diagrams showing how the A-4 rocket evolved from an early concept to the final product
Document: "Army Aircraft Model Designations," 1947 description of all US Army aircraft including several projected types, including basic data and diagrams
Document: "Comparison of Propeller and Reaction-Propelled Airplane Performance," 1946 bell Aircraft article describing prop, jet, ramjet and rocket propelled fighter concepts
Art: United Aircraft concept lithograph of Saturn IB with four Titan SRMs
CAD Diagram: Conceptual inboard profiles of von Braun A-11/A-12 "ferry rocket"
 

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2016-07
Document:" Common Core Concept" Brochure about a fixed-wing version of the B-1
Document: "The Douglas Skybus" 1944 brochure describing a 24-seat civilian passenger transport
Document: "Evaluation of an Innovative Propulsion Concept," Vol 1"report by Pacific American for the SDIO on the Phoenix SSTO, TRW Spaceplane, Leviathan, Liberty X
Diagram: early Dyna Soar diagram
CAD Diagram: Lockheed-Martin VS-07 (yes, it seems to be a repeat from 2016-04)
 

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2016-08 package includes:
Document: "Space Shuttle Remarks" paper given in 1969 by Creasey and Smith of British Aerospace describing the MUSTARD launch vehicle concept(s)
Document: "Study to define Structural Certification and Recertification Criteria for Hypersonic Vehicles," 1988 Boeing report. Shows NASP derived SSTO, Mach 6 recon vehicle, RASV, advanced launch vehicle, Mach 4.5 High Speed Civil Transport.
Diagram: large format Bowing 2707-200 SST general arrangement
Document: Titan ICBM fact sheets
CAD Diagram: Martin XSM-68, Early concept
 

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2016-09 package includes:
Document: "Avro Big Wheel Minuteman Transporter and Launcher," 1960 report from Avro Aircraft of Canada describing a gigantic "truck" that would carry and deploy ICBMs. in order to get around the Canadian back country, it would have wheels fifty feet in diameter.
Document: "Status and Future of Large Solid Rockets," paper presented in 1971 by United Technologies describing Titan solid rocket applications including on the Saturn I.
Document: "Shuttle Transport Aircraft Twin-Body 747 Configuration," 1973 NASA summary of several unusual Shuttle Carrier Aircraft configurations
Diagram: SD-61-15011, "Study - General Arrangement Supersonic Carrier Based Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft." Nuclear-powered design, in both grayscale and color scans.
CAD Diagram: Rockwell D-809-19 "Playtpus" SSTO, competitor against the Delta Clipper to launch SDI payloads
 

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2016-10 package includes:
Document: "An Air Launched Highly Responsive Military Transatmospheric Vehicle (TAV), Based on Existing Aerospace Systems," 1996 USAF paper on a B-1B launched spaceplane
Document: "The Centaur Program," 1961 Convair book on the Atlas upper stage
Docu-Diagram: "Apollo Soyuz test Project," Rockwell diagram poster for Apollo and Soyuz
Diagram: "SD-61-15010 Study-General Arrangement Supersonic Carrier Based Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft," large format blueprint of nuclear-powered aircraft
CAD Diagram: general arrangement of Sanger "Silverbird"
 

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