Douglas Model 26 ‘Atomic Bomber’
A wooden, in-house Douglas model of a proposed nuclear powered bomber for the USAF. The layout was clearly designed to keep the crew as far away from the engines as possible! It was possibly a contemporary of the Convair NX-2 project, proposed in response to requirement WS-125A, dated 1954. The Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion programme was abandoned in 1961, so the model probably dates from the mid/late ‘50s.