May 042009
 

A cutaway painting and sideview of an early/mid 1950’s concept from Bell Aircraft for a VTOL jet fighter, using a single turbojet engine and the “Vertiburner” concept:

d-139-art1.jpg

This design eventually morphed into the D-188 concept which replaced the Vertiburners with discrete liftjets; the D-188 eventually morphed into the D-188A, which has been erroneously labeled the “F-109.”

To see more on this… much more… check out issue V2N3 of Aerospace Projects Review.

 Posted by at 3:15 pm

Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.