Boeing YB-40 A True Flying Fortress
[image credit - National Air Force Museum]
The need for long range escorts during the early part of World War II lead to some very unusual adoptions of existing aircraft.
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 Consolidated B-32 Dominator
The B-29 Superfortress was the most complex aircraft built during the 40′s; because of this the US Air Force wanted some other aircraft as insurance against its failure. Continue reading What If The B-29 Had Failed, What Were The Backups? Before RADAR existed, “stealth” had a number of meanings – quieter flight, using terrain as cover, and reducing your visibility to human eyes. The Linke-Hofmann R1 was a WWI-era attempt to make an aircraft partially transparent using Cellon. Unfortunately, the Cellon reflected sunlight, turned yellow due to UV light, and was generally a [...]
Did the mysterious exploding atomic toaster in space give you the willies (and make you look cross-wise at your nearest lemur)? Well grab your lead vest and a dosimeter – the damn Commies put a nuclear reactor into a Tupolev bomber back in the swinging ’60s! Turn out the lights and put a flashlight under your monitor’s chin and read on for this chilling tale of Cold War insanity. Continue reading Khrushchev’s Nuclear-Powered Tupolev – Commie Radiation from Above! |
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