APR V3N3 CAD preview

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Feb 212013

A small look at some of the drawings being worked on for Aerospace Projects Review V3N3. Shown here are C-132 and “Bomber Launch for Dyna Soar” drawings, formatted for 11X17.

Al

Were you still doing an article on Navy stealth?
- Anonymous
  
  There will be an article covering one particular design from that, but I decided that an article covering the whole “Navy stealth” would just be a mess.

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Woody Harrelson as LBJ??? July 29, 2017
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A new front in the war on STEM: geography July 25, 2017
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