Jul 202013
 

Issue number 2 of US Bomber Projects is now available (for background, see HERE). This issue includes:

  • Rockwell D 645-1: LH2:: A variant of the low-cost missile carrier using liquid hydrogen for fuel
  • NAA High Performance Penetrator: a 1963 design for a supersonic bomber, led in part to the B-1
  • Boeing Model 701-273-1: Second in a series on the evolution of the XB-59
  • Lockheed GL-232: A subsonic nuclear powered bomber
  • Boeing Space Sortie: A small unmanned spaceplane
  • Martin Model 233-2: Second in the series on the development of the XB-48 – a wartime turbojet powered medium bomber
  • Boeing Model 461: Second in the series on the development of the B-52… and early postwar turboprop heavy bomber
  • Northrop Low Altitude Penetrator: A competing idea for what became the B-2

USBP#02 can be downloaded as a PDF file for only $4:

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Jul 202013
 

Issue number 1 of US Bomber Projects is now available (for background, see HERE). This issue includes:

  • Rockwell D 645-1: a 1979 low-cost subsonic missile carrier
  • NAA 1495-25 PAMSS: an early ’60’s concept for rebuilding an XB-70 into a prototype for an all-new bomber
  • Boeing Model 701-273-0: First in a series on the evolution of the XB-59 supersonic bomber
  • Convair B-58-C-1: a two-engined tactical bomber
  • Lockheed CL-2102-2: A stealthy flying wing
  • Lockheed Model 195-A-13: An early nuclear powered bomber
  • Martin Model 233-1: First in a series on the evolution of the XB-48… a wartime turboprop medium bomber
  • Boeing Model 444 A: First in a series on the development of the B-52… a late war turboprop heavy bomber

USBP#01 can be downloaded as a PDF file for only $4:
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