Americas Most Studied Aircraft

 aircraft, projects
Aug 212011
 

AMSA, Advanced Manned Strategic Aircraft, was the program that led to the B-1 bomber. Following on the heels of the cancelled B-70 program, AMSA stretched on for (at the time) a long stretch of years, and chewed through (for the time) a vast supply of cash. The requirements were in a constant state of flux… one day the bomber was to be capable of Mach 3; the next it was to be cheap and subsonic.

Below is a photo of a range of the designs studied by North American Aviation, who eventually got to build the B-1. The configurations are as varied as the requirements.

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  One Response to “Americas Most Studied Aircraft”

  1. Pat Flannery says:
    August 23, 2011 at 7:21 am

    I like the ones where the wings swing fully back across the back, like folded bird wings.

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