Skylab is one of those well-known programs that got built, a bagrillion photos were released of it showing every angle, but relatively few good diagrams of it were ever released. I have a pile of *really* detailed interior diagrams to stitch together one of these days, but the diagram below – from a Lockheed report describing potential plume interactions from the Apollo CSM thruster quads – is just about the best external diagram I’ve seen… and it’s not really all that good.
APR issues used to be published with a mishmash of of 8.5X11 and 11X17 pages. When I started releasing issues on MagCloud, APR became an all-8.5X11 publication.
However, there are oftentimes illustrations that would benefit from being on 11X17, such as many in issue V3N2. Additionally, there are often more illustrations than can be conveniently added to a coherent article. So I have put together an addendum for V3N2, including a number of larger-format illustrations and some new ones that didn’t make it into V3N2. This includes:
The V3N2 Addendum can be picked up HERE.
At long last, Aerospace Projects Review issue V3N2 is now available.
The main article, about 90 pages worth, covers the Lockheed STAR Clipper concept.This was a one-and-a-half stage space shuttle concept. Starting in 1968 for the USAF, the concept lasted well into Phase B of the Space Shuttle program for NASA, and in altered form into the 1990’s. This article has a very large number of detailed schematics of many different forms, including the original small 1.5 Stage To Orbit design, numerous variations on that concept, fully reusable two stage versions with manned boosters, giant concepts for Solar Power Satellite logistics and miniature versions for the USAF in the 1980s.
Also included is an article covering antecedents and derivatives of the Northrop F-23 stealth fighter. Included are early designs such as the “Christmas fighter” and several “platypus” concepts, the F-23A operational fighter design, the NATF-23 concept for the US Navy with aft mounted wings and canards, the single-engined Multi Role Fighter (from the competition that led to the F-35) and perhaps most interestingly, the F/B-23 regional bomber, of eBay infamy. This article is illustrated with a mix of photos of official Northrop display models, official Northrop diagrams, all-new scale diagrams and color artwork especially commissioned for this article.
Dennis R. Jenkins provides an article on a Convair concept for converting the F-106 interceptor into a small supersonic transport. Compare this to Convair idea of converting the B-58 Hustler into an SST!
And finally, two aerospace history “nuggets,” the Vanguard Model 18 VTOL transport and a Northrop laminar flow control multipurpose long-duration aircraft.
You can see the entire issue here:
It is available in three formats. Firstly, it can be downloaded directly from me for the low, low price of $10. Second, it can be purchased as a professionally printed volume through Magcloud; third, it can be procured in both formats. To get the download, simply pay for it here through paypal.
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To get the printed version (or print + PDF version), visit my MagCloud page:
Now available: two Rockwell International diagrams dated 1977 showing markings for the Space Shuttle Orbiter, including markings for the hatch on the left side, national insignia, rescue markings, ejection labels, etc.
Set includes V070-000008 sheet 1 of 2 ( 13296X3660 pixels, B&W) and sheet 2 of 2 (13234X3600 pixels, B&W). Also includes grayscale halfsize and quartersize versions of each for easier viewing and printing.
Space drawing 27 can be downloaded for $4.50.
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From Fantastic Plastic, the 1/72 Pluto/SLAM model I mastered a while back:
It is available HERE.
NOTE: The kit has been retired.
http://fantastic-plastic.com/ProjectPlutoCatalogPage.htm
And to help with the detailing, don’t forget to pick up your Project Pluto CAD drawings, available to download for $3.
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And For Grud’s sake, if you are going to build a Pluto model, you have to download a copy of Aerospace Projects Review issue V2N1 with the ginormous Pluto article…
Available to download for a miniscule $8.00!
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This (68 megabyte ZIP folder of jpg images) package contains diagrams to be used in the construction of accurate display models of the B-47. Includes:
1) Boeing drawing 23-2305, “Boeing B-47E Model Drawings 1/100 Scale,” 9000X5432 pixels, dated 1956
2) Boeing drawing 14-5068, “Boeing XB-47 Stratojet Model Drawing,” 13408X8412 pixels, dated 1947
Also included are halfsize and quartersize version for easier viewing and printing.
Air Drawing 57 can be downloaded for $$4.50.
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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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This (36 megabyte ZIP folder of jpg’s) package includes:
1) Grumman drawing A51F091 (1 of 3), Inboard Profile, F-14A (10784X4269 pixels)
2) Grumman drawing A51F091 (2 of 3), inboard profile F-14A (10680X4302 pixels)
3) Grumman drawing A51F091 (3 of 3), inboard plan view, F-14A (10624X4221 pixels)
All dated June, 1969.
Also included are half-size and quarter-size versions for easier viewing and printing.
Air Drawing 55 can be downloaded for $4.50.
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Previously available only on CD-ROM, now available for download. NOTE: these are downloadable as separate PDF files, and should be downloaded one at a time… they are pretty substantial, and if you try to download ’em all at once, the system could get bogged down and timed out. Total filesize is over 300 megabytes.
A collection of five North American Aviation reports covering the Apollo command and service modules (primarily the former), Blocks I and II, in exhaustive detail:
APOLLO OPERATIONS HANDBOOK COMMAND AND SERVICE MODULE. SPACECRAFT 012 (1010 pages)
APOLLO OPERATIONS HANDBOOK COMMAND AND SERVICE MODULE. SPACECRAFT 014 (718 pages)
COMMAND SERVICE MODULE SYSTEM HANDBOOK AS-501 (395 pages)
APOLLO OPERATIONS HANDBOOK BLOCK II SPACECRAFT VOL. 1 SPACECRAFT DESCRIPTION, Oct 1969 (962 PAGES)
APOLLO OPERATIONS HANDBOOK BLOCK II SPACECRAFT VOL. 1 SPACECRAFT DESCRIPTION, Jan 1970 (1067 PAGES)
Price to download: $13
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I’m in serious need of jacking up business around here. Basically, this would seem to mean that I need to get the word out, especially regarding Aerospace Projects Review and the Aircraft & Spacecraft Drawings & Documents. I’ve done some magazine advertising in the past (most notably Fine Scale Modeler) with limited success. I need a return of print ads, or website ads, or something. Posts I’ve made on fora and newsgroups seem to have been of almost zero value, and nowadays seem to come with a “you’re a spammer” backlash.
I am open to practical suggestions, advice or flat-out help in this matter. Magazines, websites, relevant newsletters (I write the “APR Corner” bit for the Houston AIAA “Horizons” newsletter, for instance), what-the-hell-ever. Getting product reviews would be good, I think… but where/how? I know APR is a niche market… but come on, there have to be more than a few dozen people interested in this stuff on the entire freakin’ planet.
