I’m kinda swamped with actual aerospace history stuff to do. But at some point, that will probably come to an end (at least a temporary pause), at which point I will launch back into producing US Bomber Projects, US VTOL Projects, US Launch Vehicle Projects, etc. But another idea occurs: a somewhat similar sort of publication but on fictional aircraft. Why? Why not.
What I’m thinking right now is to limit it to:
1: Aircraft, not spacecraft
2: Movies and TV, not books, comic books, etc.
3: The aircraft must be at least mostly realistic
4: The time setting: from any time in the past to the relatively near future
What I’d kinda like to do is produce not just the sort of diagrams I usually produce (with an eye towards model makers), but technical specs and, if at all possible, “in universe” descriptions. Descriptions that could conceivably put all the designs into the same universe. probably formatted for printing in 8.5X14 or 11X17
.The list as it currently sits:
1: “Starflight One”
2: BV-38 Flying Wing, “Raiders of the Lost Ark”
3: Switchblade, “I Spy”
4: “Blue Thunder”
5: “Airwolf”
6: “Firefox”
7: Whispercraft, “The 6th Day”
8: Luckup Peacemaker “Deal of the Century”
9: F-19, “Deal of the Century”
10: Skyfleet S570, “Casino Royale”
11: Rutland Reindeer, “No Highway in the Sky”
12: Willis JA-3, “Chain Lightning”
13: B-3, “Broken Arrow”
14: F/A-37 Talon, “Stealth”
15: EDI UCAV, “Stealth”
16: Hyperion airship, “Island at the Top of the World”
17: VTOL corporate jet, “Contact”
So… thoughts? Something of interest, or a giant “meh?” And are there any designs I’ve forgotten?
There are other designs I’ve considered but seem to be beyond the scope… the aerial HK’s from Terminator 1 &2, the numerous MCU aircraft, the Orion III spaceplane from “2001,” *anything* from Gerry Anderson, etc.