Who would think that hobbyist are probably one of the driving forces behind the preservation of US aviation history.
Don't laugh because its true.
Do you know or remember anything about these projects?
X-24C?
Orion Space Battleship?
Gemini Para Glider?
Information on all these projects is sketchy because they were (at least in the case of the Space Bomber) top secret. Others because they were obscure and were over shadowed by the different direction that was taken by the programs.
During the 50's and 60's it seems that the talent pool and imagination of our citizenry was much greater than you find today.
More to come...
Don't laugh because its true.
Do you know or remember anything about these projects?
X-24C?
Orion Space Battleship?
Gemini Para Glider?
Information on all these projects is sketchy because they were (at least in the case of the Space Bomber) top secret. Others because they were obscure and were over shadowed by the different direction that was taken by the programs.
What's even more frustrating is telling the difference between fantasy projects and actual concepts that real engineers were working on.
During the 50's and 60's it seems that the talent pool and imagination of our citizenry was much greater than you find today.
More to come...
If you want your mind blown check out Aerospace Projects Review. Oh, and here's a recent example of this kind of thing at another site:
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