Three airplanes: real or imagined?

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The top Soviet design is a painting by John T. McCoy. Looks improbable, but after spending a bit of time on SPF, nothing surprises me anymore.

Next is a U.S. Army tilt-wing VTOL. There was a new one almost every week in 1960, so maybe it's just one I don't know about.

And finally, this delta-wing fighter could be notional, or something from Northrop or Convair. If you know, please do tell!

Thank you.
 

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That second one has a definite Hiller air about it, but no idea if it is anything more than an artist's concept. The other two definitely seem more art than science.
 
Real (Antonov) rhomboidal wing fighter:


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If I believe "Science &vie , Salon 1957" the second is a Vertol competiting with the Hiller 18 (which won) for the "Air research and development Command", ...
 

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First one: definitely imaginary.
Second one: Hiller (we've had it already elsewhere on the forum).
Third one: real (this is clearly from a company brochure of the late 1940s-1950s era and even has the "Confidential" mention typical of those); it could be Martin, but also Northrop or Lockheed I guess.
 
Hi,


the third drawing may be a variant from Northrop N.126 or N.149.
 

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OK thank you everybody for your excellent input on these illustrations.
 
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