This drawing package (41 megabyte ZIP folder of grayscale GIF images) contains drawings of the AABNCP (Advanced Airborne National Command Post), or at least an early version of the design. The aircraft shown here is not quite the E-4 that actually flew, and differs in several notable ways. Most obvious are the long dorsal fairing covering satellite dishes, and especially the two extra jet engine pods under the wing roots (which appear to be electrical generators rather than additional thrust units). Included:
1) Boeing drawing 65B59599, “Markings Installation Decorative, Exterior AABNCP.” 26881X 7200 pixels, dated 1973
2) Boeing drawing 747-CP-4007, “747 AABNCP Study Configuration Phase 1B,” 30310X7200 pixels, dated 1972
Also included are halfsize and quartersize version for easier viewing and printing.
Air Drawing 56 can be downloaded for $5.50.
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Where’s the escape pod for the president, like in “Escape From New York”?
Hitler could bail out through the floor hatch of his FW-200 Condor; isn’t our president worth at least as much consideration for survival as Hitler?
Answer that question here:
http://www.attackwatch.com/
Blackbird crapped on my head and told me it was raining.
I may have to report myself now, like in “1984” for “Thought Crime”, or the Chinese “Criticism/Self Criticism” concept under Mao’s “Great Leap Forward”. 😀