The Planes that never were
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Elements of the swiveling nozzle design from the P.1214/6 ended up in the F35B. Some aspects of the cockpit and forward fuse made it into the Typhoon. The rest was discarded in a rare outbreak of sanity in the MoD when they decided to buy American with the McDD Harrier II.
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Another U2 replacement from the early 1980s that never got-off the drawing board:
Seems it was descended from the cancelled Lockheed "Suntan" project and designed to run on liquid methane. Which was probably its downfall - in order to be able to carry enough fuel for a U2-equivalent mission, the plane had to be enormous. Which was not good for a "low-observable" design.
Seems it was descended from the cancelled Lockheed "Suntan" project and designed to run on liquid methane. Which was probably its downfall - in order to be able to carry enough fuel for a U2-equivalent mission, the plane had to be enormous. Which was not good for a "low-observable" design.
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In the 1970s, Winnebago produced a helicopter camper "van"... $300,000 in the 1970s... they might have sold 6 or 7 of them!
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and the thread on Reddit had this gem in it as well
Bartini Beriev VVA-14
Which looks a little less weird when seen on video. Was supposed to have vertical take off engines but were never installed.
Bartini Beriev VVA-14
Which looks a little less weird when seen on video. Was supposed to have vertical take off engines but were never installed.
developed by the US Air FarceXB 70 Valkerie.
Crispy
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and the thread on Reddit had this gem in it as well
Bartini Beriev VVA-14
Which looks a little less weird when seen on video. Was supposed to have vertical take off engines but were never installed.
Great video on it here:
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I’m no rocket scientist if you will forgive such cliché expression, but I always thought the self-standing tripod configuration of the rocket in the Tintin comics to be quite clever and plausible, and far more so in the era of self landing boosters and whatnot. I wonder if we’ll ever someone looking at the design idea seriously…
I’m no rocket scientist if you will forgive such cliché expression, but I always thought the self-standing tripod configuration of the rocket in the Tintin comics to be quite clever and plausible, and far more so in the era of self landing boosters and whatnot. I wonder if we’ll ever someone looking at the design idea seriously…
As Artemis Moves Forward, NASA Picks SpaceX to Land Next Americans on Moon - NASA
NASA is getting ready to send astronauts to explore more of the Moon as part of the Artemis program, and the agency has selected SpaceX to continue
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That’s pretty cool, but ultimately you still need a detachable lander vehicle to land on the Moon. Admittedly the size of Tintin’s rocket is probably too vast to make a workable all-round vessel, but if you could hit a sweet spot and make one ship capable of travelling to the Moon, landing and taking off back to Earth, it surely be less risky than needing two vessels instead of one to work perfectly to achieve your mission and get you back home.As Artemis Moves Forward, NASA Picks SpaceX to Land Next Americans on Moon - NASA
NASA is getting ready to send astronauts to explore more of the Moon as part of the Artemis program, and the agency has selected SpaceX to continue
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Nope, that's the whole thing. There's a crane/lift for getting down from the top.
That's what Starship will be capable of. The NASA plan involves the Orion capsule too, because they've built it and have to use it for something, but in theory there's nothing stopping a Starship moon mission launching, being refuelled in orbit, flying to the moon, landing, staying for a while, taking off and returning to land on Earth with no other spacecraft required.
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Have we had the Stipa-Caproni yet?
I guess it never stood a chance due to its looks, but apparently its creators ended up designing and building what could almost be described as a a flying turbojet engine, even though that wasn’t their intention.
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I guess it never stood a chance due to its looks, but apparently its creators ended up designing and building what could almost be described as a a flying turbojet engine, even though that wasn’t their intention.
Stipa-Caproni - Wikipedia
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A short documentary::Have we had the Stipa-Caproni yet?
I guess it never stood a chance due to its looks, but apparently its creators ended up designing and building what could almost be described as a a flying turbojet engine, even though that wasn’t their intention.
Stipa-Caproni - Wikipedia
Mental looking thing
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Not surprised, there's no space for their bedsNightfighter variant of the ME-262 that never made it to production:
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Like a cartoon version of the 1930s US air racers that already looked like cartoonsHave we had the Stipa-Caproni yet?
I guess it never stood a chance due to its looks, but apparently its creators ended up designing and building what could almost be described as a a flying turbojet engine, even though that wasn’t their intention.
Stipa-Caproni - Wikipedia
Mental looking thing
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