August 2023 Rewards

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Sep 012023
 

The rewards for August, 2023, have been released. They include:

Document: Report No. ZD-013, “Preliminary Detail Specification for United States Navy Class VP Long Range Patrol Seaplane,” Convair, 1 April 1946

Document: “Space Shuttle: What Will It Do?” A 1970’s brochure describing the Shuttle, with six full-color full page illustrations

Art: McDonnell-Douglas lithograph of “NASA Earth Orbital Space Station”

CAD Diagram: Northrop Grumman Next Generation Long Range Strike

 

If you would like to help fund the acquisition and preservation of such things, along with getting high quality scans for yourself, please consider signing on either for the APR Patreon or the APR Monthly Historical Documents Program. Back issues are available for purchase by patrons and subscribers.



 

 

And as happens far too often, I’ve been remiss in my PR campaign. The rewards for July, released a month ago, included:

Document: “C-5 Galaxy Pocket Guide,” brochure giving info on the C-5

Document: GDIC-64 O29-21, “Alighting Gear Convair Model 48 Light Armed Reconnaissance Airplane,” an illustrated report on the landing gear for Convairs competitor for the OV-10

Document: “Police Department Lecture #3 Effects of Atomic Weapons,” an early-50’s paper describing what NYC could expect int he event of a nuclear strike

Diagram: EMW “Wasserfall,” German WWII surface to air guided missile

CAD Diagram: Boeing 2707-100-derived bomber

 

 Posted by at 12:38 am

Three of my books on ebay

 B-47 and B-52 Origins and Evolution, bomber, CAD Diagrams, Dyna Soar, fighter, future projects, hi-rez, hypersonic, jetliner, launch vehicles, Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Origins and Evolution, nukes, Recon, research, rockets, space shuttle, spaceplane, stealth, transports, US Supersonic Bomber Projects vol 1  No Responses »
Jun 062023
 

I put one copy of each of my current books on ebay. They’re all in brand-new condition, and will be signed/dated when sold. They also come with bonus 18X24-inch prints… the “SR-71” book has two prints of the SR-71, the “B-47/B-52” book has one B-47 diagram and two B-52 diagrams; “US Supersonic Bomber Projects Vol. 1” has two B-70 Valkyrie diagrams. Take a look…

 

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird (Origins and Evolution): Signed, with bonus prints

Boeing B-47 Stratojet and B-52 Stratofortress: Signed, with bonus prints

US Supersonic Bomber Projects Volume 1:  Signed, with bonus prints

 

 Posted by at 10:37 pm

Selling cyanotype blueprints on ebay…

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Feb 152023
 

I’m selling the blueprints I’ve recently made. I can sign ’em if the buyer wants, front or back…

Saturn Ib Inboard Profile Cyanotype Blueprint

NERVA nuclear rocket engine Cyanotype Blueprint

NERVA nuclear rocket engine artwork Cyanotype Blueprint

Boeing 2707-200 SST Cyanotype Blueprint

Trident II SLBM Cyanotype Blueprint

Northrop B-2A stealth bomber Cyanotype Blueprint

Saturn V Inboard Profile Cyanotype Blueprint

Skylab Cutaway Cyanotype Blueprint

A-4 (V-2) German Rocket Layout & Engine Cyanotype Blueprints

A-4 (V-2) German Rocket Isometric Cutaway Cyanotype Blueprint

A-4 (V-2) German Rocket Isometric Cutaway Cyanotype Blueprint: Smaller

Wasserfall German WWII Surface to air missile Cyanotype Bluepri

 

USS Monitor Ironclad Cyanotype Blueprint

550 Central Park West Cyanotype Blueprint

Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) Cyanotype Blueprint

X-20 Dyna Soar/Titan IIIC Cyanotype Blueprint

Early X-20 Dyna Soar Cyanotype Blueprint

Large X-20 Dyna Soar 2050E Cyanotype Blueprint

 

 

 

 Posted by at 4:03 pm

Grumman Advanced Stealthy Penetrator: Early CAD

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Nov 232022
 

The Grumman Advanced Stealthy Penetrator (GASP) received a fair amount of exposure in the mid 1980’s by way of artists concepts published in aviation magazines and the like. Actual technical information has remained elusive; the total pile of artwork and photos of a display model would permit the creation of reasonably good layout diagrams, but dimensions and performance remain wholly unavailable. The GASP would most likely have been intended for strike applications rather than air supremacy.

Shown below is a PR image showing, presumably, a Grumman engineer at work on a 3D CAD diagram of the GASP. This image dates from no later than 1984, so the CAD system was a pretty early one (though by no means the *earliest* CAD system). It would be interesting if the files were still in existence and could be imported into a modern CAD system… but that’s not something I’d hold out a lot of hope for. Artists impressions that show the cockpit seem to indicate that this was a sizable vehicle, though such judgements are difficult to take fully seriously.

 Posted by at 5:07 pm

CAD diagrams

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Oct 122022
 

I’m at work on a new series of CAD diagrams (see HERE for the first run) to be released as PDFs formatted for printing at 18X24. For example, here are first drafts of a few:

  • Boeing Space Sortie (3 sheets)
  • Saturn C-8/Nova
  • Jules Verne’s “Columbiad”
  • A-12 Avenger II (2 sheets)
  • Lockheed CL-400 “Suntan”

All of these require a bit more dressing-up, as well as explanatory text. But I think they’re starting to look pretty good.

 

 

I’ve selected a fair number more to work on. If any of these are of particular interest, or if any of the many, many diagrams I’ve made over the years would be of interest, let me know.

  • BIS “Daedalus” straship
  • Rockwell MRCC
  • Northrop Tacit Blue
  • Space Shuttle Main Engine
  • Boeing Bird of Prey
  • General Atomic 86-foot Orion
  • General Atomic Orion battleship
  • General Atomic 10-meter Orion
  • Martin SeaMistress
  • Space Launch System
  • Have Sting orbital railgun
  • Casaba Howitzer
  • X-20 Dyna Soar
  • B-47E
  • DB-47E/Bold Orion
  • DB-47E/RASCAL
  • B-52G
  • B-52H
  • B-52H/Skybolt
  • Boeing Space Freighter
  • Boeing Big Onion
  • Shuttle C
  • Rockwell Star Raker
  • Lockheed STAR Clipper
  • Lockheed SR-71
  • Lockheed A-12 (early canards)
  • Lockheed A-12
  • Lockheed A-12 (honeycomb panels)
  • Lockheed A-12 “Titanium Goose”
  • Lockheed YF-12A
  • Lockheed M-21/D-21
  • Lockheed AP-12
  • Republic YF-103
  • North American XF-108
  • Bell MX-2147
  • Convair Kingfish
 Posted by at 8:43 pm

CAD diagrams such as these…

 B-47 and B-52 Origins and Evolution, bomber, Dyna Soar, hi-rez, hypersonic, jetliner, launch vehicles, Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Origins and Evolution, nukes, Recon, research, rockets, ships, space shuttle, spacecraft, spaceplane, stealth, transports, VTOL  No Responses »
Sep 062022
 

I looked through a small fraction of my surprisingly vast pile of CAD diagrams for some I thought might look good in really large format. Some I’ve gone some distance towards formatting them that way already; some are still formatted for small sheets. There are more, of course. In no particular order.

Lockheed CL-400 “Suntan”

Lockheed M-21/D-21:

Lockheed A-12:

Lockheed SR-71A:

Lockheed YF-12A:

X-20 Dyna Soar/Titan III:

A number of 10-Meter Orion vehicles/sub-vehicles:

USAF 10-meter Orion:

General Dynamics “Kingfish:”

North American XF-108:

Lockheed A-12 concept w/canards:

Boeing B-47E:

Boeing B-52G:

Boeing B-52H:

Boeing B-52H + Skybolt:

Boeing DB-47E + Bold Orion:

Rockwell Star Raker:

Boeing “Big Onion” SSTO:

Boeing Space Freighter:

NASA Saturn C-8:

Lockheed STAR Clipper:

 

 

 Posted by at 3:55 pm

Interest in new CAD diagrams?

 B-47 and B-52 Origins and Evolution, bomber, Dyna Soar, fighter, future projects, hi-rez, hypersonic, jetliner, launch vehicles, Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Origins and Evolution, nukes, Recon, research, rockets, ships, space shuttle, space station, spacecraft, spaceplane, stealth, transports, VTOL  2 Responses »
Sep 052022
 

Back in 2016 I released seven PDFs of CAD diagrams formatted for printing at 24X36 inches (those are shown after the break). This was another product line that didn’t exactly blow up the market, and no further diagrams were released. But now that I have two books of CAD diagrams released, and two more coming (and potentially more after that), I’m considering trying again. The Lockheed CL-400 Suntan, A-11, A-12, SR-71, YF-12, along with several B-47 and B-52 related designs are possible, as well as designs that aren’t from those books (X-20 Dyna Soar, several Orion vehicles, etc.). If this sounds interesting, let me know; if there is something specific you might be interested in, let me know.

 

 

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