Air Drawing 8: Convairs nuclear-powered Saro “Princess”

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Four full-color drawings scanned at 300 DPI presenting design concepts for a proposed nuclear-turboprop-powered version of the Saunders-Roe “Princess” Nuclear Flying Test Bed seaplane. Drawings from Convair, 1958.
Drawings: SD-58-14 (3781×3157 px), SD-58-14001-1 (5685×3291 px), SD-58-14001-2 (5857×3217 px), inboard Profile un-numbered (8451×3211 px).
BONUS: Cleaned-up grayscale versions of these drawings at the same resolution. Makes for much better printing.

Download order: $5.50


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  One Response to “Air Drawing 8: Convairs nuclear-powered Saro “Princess””

  1. Justthisguy says:
    August 13, 2011 at 12:52 pm

    Whee! Nukes and Giant Flying Boats! Two great tastes that taste great together! Oh, did you know that a couple of the Martin Marses are stil flying? They are water bombers in British Columbia. Cap’n Lex had a link to a photo essay of them a while back, with interior shots.

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