FUTURAMIC! - Twenty of the coolest and most futuristic supersonic jets from the Cold War Era!
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I remember seeing a copy of Life magazine at a barber shop showing the XB-70 and thinking it was the most beautiful airplane ever, then turning the pages and seeing the tragedy of the mid-air collision. Years later, I attended a lecture by the pilot of that flight, Alan White, at the Air & Space Museum. He didn’t discuss the accident until the Q&A, but he talked about it at length when I asked about it. A bonus that night was meeting Scott Crossfield. Sad to say, I lost my program from that night with both White’s and Crossfield’s autographs.
I remember the article
My father is still very fond of his time flying the F-106 during his time in the Florida Air National Guard. He loves telling stories of him playing "grab ass" with Cuban MiGs.
I've loved the "Six" ever since working on them in the USAF, as an avionics tech. Even though it could be a bit of a headache to us techs, due to the advanced electronics and the high degree of integration of various sysrems. It looked like it was cruising double-mach just sitting on the tarmac.
@@lancerevell5979 even though it's a design that's older than I am, it is a timeless and gorgeous plane. I have an F-106 I'm building for my dad. I'm so excited to give it to him, I'm having a difficult time not telling him before his birthday. Lol
Quick edit: I'm building a model F-106. Not an actual F-106. Lol
Love the XB-70, just a beautiful aircraft! Looks like it's going Mach 3 on the ground!
An amazing group of aircraft. Seeing the Valkyrie in person is breathtaking. I could not believe it's massive size.
Interesting photo of XB-70-A2 @ 20:41 showing the pronounced 5 degree dihedral of the inboard wing sections in contrast to XB-70-A1's slight anhedral (visible @ 20:11). Great episode Mike - please keep 'em coming!
Another great video to watch with my morning coffee. Thanks!
I recently had the privilege of visiting the Museum of the United States Airforce with my family. I was thrilled to see many of these beautiful aircraft. Thank-you Mr. Machat for your fine videos.
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Love the RCAF Snowbirds & the Avro Arrow, CF-18 Hornets nice jets. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦Love the F-35 Lightning jet also. ❤️👍🤗😀😁❣️
I enjoyed this video of futuristic designs what it was like in the cold war years. Supersonic interceptors very cool.
Have you done a video showing France's contributions to aviation? I was surprised how much innovation came from there that seems to be forgotten.
That one is on the list, thanks!
@@celebratingaviationwithmik9782 yea!!
You didn't spend enough time at the theater at the old Air Force Museum when you were a kid ;-) Then you would have seen their wonderful old film about the history of flight that gave credit to the genius of the Montgolfier brothers who built a hot-air balloon in which Étienne Montgolfier ascended from the earth in 1783 to claim "first to fly." Ever wonder why so many aeronautical terms are French words (empennage, aileron, etc.)? Thank you France!
Magnifique!
The XB-70 must be among the most beautiful, futuristic aircraft ever made. Decades ahead of it’s time, like the SR-71 and Concorde
Agreed!
12:45 Another mind blowing futuristic machine, that looks fast, even today.
You didn’t think I’d do a video without a model box top did you? Bah hah hah … all these great images, thanks.
Another great Monday morning history lesson...thanks for your work.
Just found your channel, so been binge watching. In my opinion the XB70 Valkyrie is the most beautiful aircraft ever. Prove me wrong. Being over 70 years old most all of these fall in my life time. Love your content and will watch all.
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Thanks for this, Mike. You’re absolutely right, there is something in common here. From a time when engineers and scientists were struggling with discovering the nuances of supersonic flight. Thanks for including the Avro Arrow! 🇨🇦
Thank you for including our CF-105 Arrow. The real crime was the fact that the Diefenbaker government ordered all examples to be scrapped. Remnants of RL 206, a Mk 2 (the Iroquois powered variant), can be viewed at the Aerospace Museum in Ottawa.
Cia was behind them as the suspected the factory of the titanium was infested by Russians spies as Canada was very advanced at machining it, more than USA himself.
The photos are amazing. Another great video, and very informative. Great work.
Many thanks! Always appreciate your comments.
Great program. Reminds me of my boyhood building plastic airplane model kits
You could buy plastic model kits at almost every store. I remember they had a whole section in the basement of Newberry’s back in New Jersey. This was just a small department store not even a hobby shop.
Love the Concorde with the Connie in the background.
Had the privilege & pleasure of seeing the XB-70 Valkyrie fly at an airshow at Edwards AFB in mid-60's as a wide-eyed and beyond-thrilled 8-year old boy(am 65 now), just remember it being f'n' LOUD. Its exhaust noise was such that it crackled on taking off in full AB with 6 engines. The B-58 Hustler being flown as chase plane that day was almost as loud.
Things like this followed me in life, and I served in the USAF as a jet engine troop for 4 yrs. from '76 through early '80, likely as a result of these early experiences. I'm glad now that my folks recognized the fact that I really liked jet engine powered aircraft(or aircraft in general) as a kid, and they went ahead and took me to airshows like the above mentioned one at Edwards AFB.
Thanks for such a cool video!
Awesome that you saw the XB-70 fly at Edwards! Growing up on Long Island, I could only read about that airplane. Wonderful to learn of your Air Force career also - dreams do come true!
@@celebratingaviationwithmik9782 I also remember seeing it fly overhead about 5 min. after it took off, looked like a small white triangle with a noticeable contrail behind it and it was moving FAST.
That has always stuck with me for all these years, so cool, and my military service really helped me in life as well.
And now I'm deeply deaf 😂
Another great one Mike 👌
Many thanks Max, and really enjoyed Saturday's session!
Lovely video again Mike, TSR2 as star of the video:) my dad wholeheartedly agrees with you
Many thanks!
Those were fun days with all the different types.
I very much enjoy your very professional presentations Mike. I learn so much and you really have a gift of delivering wonderful content. Thank you for your dedication to your work.
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Xb70 and b58 are awesome. Great video as always.
F-106 owns the record as "Fastest Single Engine Interceptor", a record it has held since 1959 at 1,525 MPH over a closed course! There are a very few single engine FIGHTERS that are as fast or faster. F-104 (1,525 MPH) and Mig-23 (about 1,535 MPH)come to mind. But I dearly love the F-106!
Yes, F 106 gets my vote, very coolest!
What is really neat is the nuclear bomb air to air missile it can carry.
You can miss by a mile and still take down the enemy squadron with one shot!
The unguided nuclear Genie rocket was dropped when the tactic of massed bomber formations was no longer used. The "Six Shooter" 20mm Vulcan gun pod was developed to be mounted replacing the Genie. The F-106 turned out to be a surprisingly good dogfighter!
I also love the six, like Mr. Machat says, it just looks right: sleek, beautifully proportioned and (finally) delivered on the plane the 102 should have originally been. All of the choices where solid and lovely but I think the six is just so rarely mentioned or talked about and it's a shame. I would have loved to see one flying, never mind riding on one.
1:50 Iconic ! Reeks of sheer speed.
Thank you. Strange... a peaceful moment.
the time of childhood the time of dreams the time of wonder
One of your best, Mike. Thank you!
6:00 as a young boy, I saw that shot, I think it may have been, in an already old issue of LIFE magazine. It absolutely captured my imagination, I was enthralled, and spent many young adult years, looking for a larger copy, suitable for framing.
This was excellent Mike!!!! 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Many thanks!
18:52 She's by far the most beautiful aircraft ever to have flown. My classmates and I got to go onto the roof of the old junior high school to watch 20001 make her final landing at Wright-Patterson AFB, Feb. 4, 1969.
Very cool!
@@celebratingaviationwithmik9782 I think your channel is VERY COOL and love the content here.
The Vickers VC10 ( the most beautiful airliner ever) was also supersonic in a shallow dive. It was part of the flight test schedule for the RAF version after a Major Servicing at RAF St. Athan in South Wales !!
Great video, and excellent advertising for the National Museum of the USAF in Dayton, OH. In one end of hangar #4, you can find the XB-70, the X-3, the YF-12, and an X-15! The museum also has a B-58, F-102, F-106, along with just about any aircraft that the USAF ever flew. It's an awesome place to visit!
Agreed!
The TSR2 is one of my absolute favourites. What could have been...what a beautiful aircraft.
Agreed!
Another great video. Thank You for the information on these aircraft.
Great video Mr. Machat. And to think all of them were designed using slide rules and pad and paper. And a great deal of thinking. Nice to include the CF-105 Arrow in the mix.
Great point on the design technology, thanks!
Thank you for mentioning the Avro Arrow!
Excellent video!
Many thanks!
I remember my RAF dad showing me a photo of the XB-70 - I didn't think it could possibly be a real aircraft at first. A truly fabulous thing. I'll be seeing Duxford's Concorde and TSR2 tomorrow - I shall give them a pat from you.
I have a quirky habit, every time I take a plane, I pat the fuselage as I enter the plane. Good luck I guess, or maybe the engineer in me just wants to hear a solid sound before I trust my life in it.
@@dave8599 Can't do any harm, can it ;)
Oh, and I patted Duxford's SR-71 too ;)
The Dart and the Avro Arrow had a lot of similarity, and overlap in performance and mission. Several of the top Engineers on the Arrow, after it's cancellation went to work in the states, most notably on project Gemini, and Apollo including the development of the LEM.
Oh wow, any video that starts out with a TSR2 rippling off a runway is a video to be bookmarked.
OMGosh! And one with a YF-12! And a takeoff shot of an Arrow! I’m in heaven - I’m just sad there can’t ever be one of the XF-108. Maybe in a sim? Does anyone know? Some great shots, Mike. Nice work.
6:04 My all time favorite pilot shot, with “Pete” Knight on an F-104. One of my hero test pilots at Edwards, achieving Mach 6.7 in the X-15, still the world’s fastest man! As a kid, I used to dream that was me in the cockpit - love the Starfighter.
Well Done!
Very great video 👍
An outstanding video Mike. Really something how the automotive industry designers were so heavily influenced by the aircraft designs during this time period. Made for some beautiful "space age" road machines .
One more excellent video Mike! These futuristic machines permeated the imagination from my infancy to adulthood. Greetings from Brazil!
XB-70 Valkyrie was the greatest aircraft ever built and would look futuristic tomorrow! (SR-71 close second). First generation German jets and rocket planes still look pretty cool. Hail Mike!
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11:39 When I was a kid I thought the Bristol 188 looked like it would never get off the ground. With those big nacelles interrupting that small wing. But with more than enough thrust you can make almost anything fly
6:58 Arguably the most alluring fast military jet of all time. Beautiful lines, Reeks of speed, from every single angle. Curtis Lemay is reported to have sat in one, (I don't know which cockpit position) , and retorted afterwards that "it didn't fit his arse." The B-58 was best handled by those with a background as fighter pilots.
Best video yet Mike!! I really enjoyed it.
Many thanks!
I like that you included the XF-12 Rainbow. It looked like it was going 100 mph just sitting on the ground. I think the SR-71 looks very different in the 3 views. They almost look like different aircraft. Too bad you couldn't have snagged a ride in that one.
I greatly enjoy your uploads - very interesting and well researched. But at 4.03 - Arado 335? Thought it was a Dornier!
Yikes - good catch, and yes, you're absolutely correct, the Dornier Do 335! A senior moment, apologies, and thanks for watching.
This video really showed the beautiful lines of so many of these planes. Mike your explanations were very good of the highlights of the planes, as well as the problems that quite a few planes had in those times..
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I wouldn't be surprised if, 50 years from now, there will be a new batch of X planes we didn't know are flying right now.
There is always new experimental planes and they do get declassified from time to time, Tacit Blue is one of my favourites
Any time they show us something "new and cutting edge", you can bet something even more advanced is flying already.
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I really love your videos
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I wish we could have met a Zahn's when we were kid's. I was able to go there cause my mom was directing airtraffic. Later I became a member of the Greater New York Antique Assoc. There were a few time's I roade my bike to Zahn's from New Hyde Park. Great time's.
Small world!
Outstanding presentation as usual. I sincerely appreciate all you do to promote aviation… it’s technology, history and impact to so many aspects of mankind’s never ending quest to challenge the status quo.
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The wingtips did not droop for lift. The shock wave was generated by the base of the splitter between the intakes and most of the lift came from under the large, flat fuselage Because there was this extra lift, the wing did not have to work as hard, so the vertical stabilizers could be made smaller, reducing drag, by drooping the wingtips and using them to argument the directional stability that would otherwise be lost by making the vertical stabilizers smaller . This is well detailed the book _VALKYRIE America's Mach 3 SuperBomber_ , which is probably the best aircraft book ever written.
Hi Mike, What very excellent and informative video! Very much appreciated that you mentioned the Avro Arrow on this list! And as result here is some great list of facts that might interest you:
The first non-experimental aircraft that was designed and flown (in 1958) with a fly-by-wire flight control system was the Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow a feat not repeated with a production military aircraft (though the Arrow was cancelled with five built) until the F-16 and F-18. This system also included solid-state components and system redundancy, was designed to be integrated with a computerised navigation and automatic search and track radar, was flyable from ground control with data uplink and downlink, and provided artificial feel (feedback) to the pilot. The Arrow's thin wing also required aviation's first 4,000 psi (28 MPa) hydraulic system to supply enough force to the control surfaces, while using small actuators and piping. To improve high-alpha performance, the leading edge of the wing was drooped, especially on outer sections, and a dog-tooth was introduced at about half-span to control the spanwise flow, and the entire wing given a slight negative camber which helped control trim drag and pitch-up. The area rule principle, which was made public in 1952, was also applied to the design. This resulted in several changes including the addition of a tailcone, sharpening of the radar nose profile, thinning the intake lips, and reducing the cross-sectional area of the fuselage below the canopy.
The Orenda PS-13 Iroquois II afterburning turbojet engine that was being developed for use on the Arrow used a "two-spool" layout with low-pressure and high-pressure sections of the compressor for added efficiency. The design also incorporated a number of new design features in order to improve simplicity and lightness; being designed with Titanium in mind from the ground up to help reduce weight and give exceedingly far more power. As well as the first use of a trans-sonic first compressor stage on a turbojet engine, being designed with only two main bearing assemblies on a two-spool design, an oxygen-injection re-light system, a hot-streak” type of afterburner ignition, as well as being the first engine to use only 10-stage compressor sections in a two-spool design (by comparison the competition of other engines of the era were typically using 17!)
I really hoped you've enjoyed reading all of this
And of course once again Well Done and Thank You!
....Regards, Noah.
Fantastic stuff, Noah! Thank you for sharing. Do you have a channel or website, or could you link to some of your favorite Arrow resources? Such an amazing aircraft, I love reading about it and taking in photos of this beautiful plane - except of its undignified end - I still have to skip that part. If it makes this American sad, it must be absolutely heartbreaking to a Canadian.
Regarding the titanium, did sourcing it have a story behind it like the Blackbird, or was titanium mined in Canada? And what of the learning curve regarding working the metal during production?
@@ronjon7942 Hi Ron,
I'm very Glad you liked the info,
And yes do In Fact follow a few channels and websites dedicated to the Arrow one of my most favorites is Virtualenvirons. They've created a great extensive series of videos showing the true capabilities of the Aircraft I'll provide a link to it below in case you're interested. I also highly recommend reading the book "The Avro Arrow: For the Record" by Palmiro Campagna; Palmiro is one of the most top experts on the Arrow having been primarily responsible for releasing many if not all the archival records relating the programme, he's also played a role in the Arrow series. That book is his latest title on the subject matter I'd highly recommend purchasing it through Amazon if you ever get the chance, it very interesting and extensive read with some information.
As for the Titanium used in the Iroquois it was primarily mined in Canada as far as I'm aware since Orenda Engines Ltd was a conglomerate of Avro Canada.
However one engine in particular (X-116) was set to England under great secrecy, which helped in the development of the Olympus engines which would later power the Concorde. That engine has now been brought back to Canada and is currently being restored by Robin Sipe a private collector in Fort St. John British Columbia I'll provide a link as well for the series of videos regarding the Iroquois restoration.
Regards, Noah
Avro Arrow Series: th-cam.com/play/PL3EReMs3ND7UC-VT6gOjFauI_PgDDPWdo.html
Iroquois Restoration: th-cam.com/play/PLE5I9ZZNPu1P0YQdkkGyOT_hmWUavtbvO.html
GREAT VIDEO ON A GREAT SUBJECT SIR,I LOVED THE FLYING SHIPS OF SYFI OF THE 50S..YOU HAVE TO WONDER HOW MANY WERE BASE ON REAL OR FUTURE DESIGNS. TAKE CARE
I used to grin, ear to ear, at the local news stands, when a new issue of Wings-Airpower would show up, particularly when it featured one of these depicted.
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B58, strategic bomber that lacks a bomb bay, all weapons stored externally. Beautiful plane. I think it may hold the record for most maintenance hours per hour of flight.
Small correction. Duxford is not RAF today 🤓
Thanks for the great vid. Love the focus on aesthetics with a sprinkle of interesting facts. Speaks of your artistic background obviously.
Thanks for the info!
Really great presentation there Mike. Love the way you intersperse all this rare information with such stunning art work. Was fascinating to see such a dichotomy of silhouettes from the same airframes. Coincidently, I was lucky enough to visit the Fleet Air Arm Museum last week and got to stick my head into the tailpipe of that BAC221, was amazed at its sharp leading edged wing and enormous collomn like nose gear. The display next to it was the Concorde 002 prototype still full of all its facinating telemetry equipment and terrifying escape hatches that would pop you out of the underbelly just off set and forward of the gaping engine intakes. The cherry on top was a memento of old engine oil that still seeps from the exposed engine and is now indelibly marked on my exhibition tour guide booklet!
Wonderful comment and story - many thanks!
Just fantastic as usual Mr Machat! I always get so much from your presentations. Learned a lot, and how about those cool aircraft? Awesome. I know you're a car guy as well, and was really impressed when you brought up the a Firebird! I was thinking about that one too. God bless you and yours always! Thanks again for everything you do! Take care always Sir! 👍😊🇺🇸
Always enjoy reading your nice comments Martin - very greatly appreciated!
Fantastic as usual mate ,l love the model box tops you always include.
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HELLO THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOU GREAT PRESENTACION. SALUDOS
My understanding is that the Ford Mustang was originally to be named after the P 51 fighter, i.e. Mustang. But Ford later decided to keep the name, but name it after a horse.
Imagine the pony logos on the car being an instead an image of a WW2 fighter plane rather than a horse!
I wonder if Ford might have had Mike Machat design the logo for that Mustang.
An alternate history....
Celebrating Automobiles with Mike Machat.
Love you videos! Thank You!
Appreciate the comment, and your first sentence is correct. Ford legend has it the original name for this project was "Torino," but Henry Ford Jr. was involved in a scandal with an Italian actress at the time, so Lee Iaccoca was told to rename the car. In an executive staff meeting he asked, "What was the most famous airplane of World War II?" "Mustang!" was the answer, and he was famously quoted as saying, "Well, that's it then!" So the car is indeed named after the airplane, but the logo is a horse for wider marketing appeal. (It was my first car in 1970, and I'm driving a 2020 today.) Thanks for watching!
The Starbuster setting altitude records when Heartbreak Hotel hit the airwaves? Coincidence? I think not. Launched horizontally is my new catchphrase for today.
Actually, Mike, the SR topped out at 85,000 feet, the maximum service celling for the A-12 is 90,000 feet.
That was a fun one. Thanks for the effort. Crying shame about some of these planes getting canceled...but even worst being destroyed per the government. The worst being the CF-105. Canceling that program cost Canada some really good aircraft engineering minds....but helped the US as most came to work in the states.
Good stuff Mike thanks for sharing your knowledge and talents.
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The ending slide shows the XB-70 from the cockpit of a chase plane with the words THE END. That's unintentionally tasteless.
The chrome-like trim on the rear fender of the the 1950 Oldsmobile 88 had white lettering that said Futuramic
So many beautiful aircraft. Truly the golden age of aviation…
…but they really did that Avro and TSR-2 dirty tho.
Agreed!
Well, the first two used Olympus turbojets so they had that in common (in the very beginning).
Technically, the HP Victor went supersonic in a 1° dive, that looked futuristic in a sci-fi way.
1:00 looks like something out the British Anderson Thunderbirds animated TV series.
Regarding the controversy between the X-15 and the Space Shuttle, ask Joe Engle about it. He's the only one to fly both.
The TSR made an appearance in Stratos 4 anime as Meteor Sweeper Plane.😁
Another great one, Mike. How about one on wind tunnel models?
As bombers go the XB-70 wins the prize but the best looking and most advance goes to the Avro Arrow...
"...that takes off horizontally..." - whew.
It appears the Avro CF-105 Arrow & the BAC TSR-2 were two aircraft of similar (advanced) design, & met the same fate for similar reasons, at around the same time.
I greatly admired the design & production effort of the Canadian aerospace engineers & craftsman of Avro CF-105 Arrow program, & like many aviation enthusiasts (especially Canadians), was disappointed to learn the Canadian government abruptly cancelled the program & callously ordered all existing aircraft destroyed, along with all the production tooling. After all the effort, & the creation of an incredible aircraft, the Canadian government seemed not to recognize or care about the accomplishment, & with casual indifference chose to waste it all, instead of having the basic wisdom to preserve at least 2 of these fine aircraft as R&D platforms for future aircraft designs. They might could have also donated them to the U.S., for use in design & flight research.
Great comment, thanks!
A lot of dollars went into various British and Canadian back pockets.
the french cantilope with the round wing is still fututistic to look at
The X-15 flew in the 1960s and the Russians and Chinese have never come even close to matching its performance. The British Fairey Delta II was to have been developed into a fighter, the ER.103-C with a speed of over Mach 2.5 but was cancelled along with all RAF Requirement F.155 aircraft.
Of course the DC 8 was also a supersonic airliner. Just barely in a test dive was it supersonic, But super sonic it was.
I wonder what more powerful engines could have driven the DC 8 to in level flight?
Loving these videos Mike. Forgive me please, but could I point out one recognition hitch?. At 4:04 the aircraft is the Dornier Do-335 Arrow, not Arado Ar-335.
Yes, absolutely correct! Apologies for the error and thanks for watching.
18:13 The Space Shuttle is not an airplane, it can be classified as a "lifting body" aircraft. When it re-entered earth atmosphere it was a gliding lifting body, it was not powered as the X-15 was.
The X-15 is the fastest winged airplane.
I love your videos! Given that design is a matter of subjectivity especially with the benefit of hindsight, I always felt the Avro Vulcan XH558 was oddly organic, rather like many things you described here. You must have had selection criteria that excluded it, just fascinated to know what they were?
Thanks for your comment. I included the Vulcan in last week's video on "British Aviation Firsts," while this video featured supersonic aircraft. Thanks for watching!
What in common? All from a time when hot airplanes were painted white.
So if the RAF had put the TSR into service they would never have needed the Tornado? Speaking of Concorde, my partner and I just visited one on display at Boeing field near Seattle. We got to go inside, and it was easy to understand why it wasn't economically viable. Not many seats, and they looked a bit "cozy". :-D
Some absolute beauties on here but pretty sure some Mig Ye150/152s (single engine) were faster than F106.
Mike, wasn't the SR-71 supposed to be called the RS-71, just a story I heard years back. Almost all the aircraft in this vid look like the late 60's to the late70's, not the 50's. Both the 64 Corvette and the 64 Mustang both had great styling as they still look good today.
"...might have trouble in the parking lot..." HENCE the prototype was created with titanium nose and tailfins. When negotiating the parking lot in experiments nothing got in it's way.
Nice! Yeah, I've long felt the F-102 & -106 were and still are "Futuristic" looking. The XB-70 to me just doesn't look like it's "real", like it's not supposed to exist, something that massive, a huge wing area, etc. It really feels like something out of Sci-Fi.
This march atlantis models will be rereleasing the very futuramic boeing 2707 supersonic transport from the old mongram models from 1968 with boeing and pam-amenican decals.
The TSA 2 is a Green Heron, at least neck wise.
It is sad how many single or low production aircraft get scrapped, used for target practice. They should keep examples as museum pieces.
i have sat in that tsr 2..
That GM car at 01:15 would inflect mortal injuries on any close-by pedestrians that it passes. I guess that safety wasn’t a consideration back then.
Chuck Yeager would take the NF-104 to around 120,00ft.