Japanese YX airliner projects

[hesham]

Hi,

the Japanese YX was civil transport aircraft,the Boeing company was
joined in development this project,three configuration were studied,
one was look like the MD DC-9,second was look like the Airbus A-300B
and the third had the engines over the wing.

http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1973/1973%20-%202622.html
http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1973/1973%20-%202441.html

 

[arteshisepahi]

Hi,

the Japanese YX was civil transport aircraft,the Boeing company was
joined in development this project,three configuration were studied,
one was look like the MD DC-9,second was look like the Airbus A-300B
and the third had the engines over the wing.

http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1973/1973%20-%202622.html

http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1973/1973%20-%202441.html

Just look at the strange wing model in the second image ...what was the conceptual modeler thinking ? Which Japanese company was trying to realize these models ? Shin Meiwa ? or Kawasaki ?

 

[hesham]

Welcome aboard Arteshisepahi,

and to be honest,I don't know,but I search about the article and try to
send it.

 

[hesham]

One article.

 

[hesham]

And the rest.