Contenders for the MX-948 Competition (leading to the XB-55)

[overscan (PaulMM)]

This is a Bill Slayton ("Fats") article from Crazed Plastic magazine, published by the St. Louis Gateway Chapter of the International Plastic Model Society (IPMS).

High res version attached.

 

[hesham]

From; The Road to the 707 The Inside Story of Designing the 707,

a hint for XB-55 in XB-52 development Models.

 

[ly112358]

Boeing bombers that never flew

Here are a few Boeing designs that never made it too far off the drawing board : the Models 436, 461, 474, and 704. Although these models were never flown, you can see a lot of their …

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[Archibald]

Never wondered what was the XB-55, d'oh. Boeing and SAC surely took no risk on the way leading to the B-52...
- B-50
- B-50C
- B-54
- B-55
B-29 growth variants, B-47 derivatives, the turboprops alternative, and finally: B-52.