APR Monthly Historical Documents Program

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Apr 052020
 

Once again Patreon seems to be becoming unstable. So I’ve got an alternate: The APR Monthly Historical Documents Program

For some years I have been operating the “Aerospace Projects Review Patreon” which provides monthly rewards in the form of high resolution scans of vintage aerospace diagrams, art and documents. This has worked pretty well, but it seems that perhaps some people might prefer to sign on more directly. Fortunately, PayPal provides the option not only for one-time purchases but also monthly subscriptions. By subscribing using the drop-down menu below, you will receive the same benefits as APR Patrons, but without going through Patreon itself.



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B-1B Camouflage Paint Scheme

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Mar 232020
 

I’m slowly stitching together a series of scans of a very, very large paint guide for the B-1B. The first sheet of six shows the port side of the fuselage.

This first sheet is in the catalog of the  APR Patreon and the Monthly Historical Document Program for patrons/subscribers to vote for. As the other sheets are completed, they will be added to the catalog.

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A month of aerospace

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Mar 182020
 

Given the craziness going on, I decided that what the world clearly needs is something consistent. Like, say, me posting one piece of aerospace diagram or art every day for a month or so. So I’m going to do that. But in order to keep people from getting too complacent, I’m posting some of them on this blog, some on the other blog. Why? Because why not, that’s why. I’m slapping the posts together now and scheduling them to show up one at a time, one a day. Given the pandemic… who knows, this little project might well outlive *me.*

So, check back in (on this blog or the other) on a daily basis. Might be something interesting.

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PDF Review: A Whole Bunch of Enola Gay Photos

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Feb 282020
 

If you like the aircraft that applied atomic boot to Imperial Japanese ass – and who doesn’t – then the Smithsonian institution can hook you up. Not only do they have the famed Enola Gay on display, they also have a bunch of photos from 1945 up to more recent restorations available on their website in the form of a couple PDF collections. If you are building a B-29 model or are jsut interested in the B-29 in general or the Enola Gay in particular, this is a heck of a trove.

The first one is 419 pages (313 megabytes), with a lot of photos from what looks like the fifties to the nineties as the Enola Gay was trucked around and variously restored:

https://airandspace.si.edu/webimages/collections/full/A19500100000DOC20.pdf

The second is 318 pages (77 meg) and seems to be detail photos (mostly of pretty much individual components) from a restoration:

https://airandspace.si.edu/webimages/collections/full/A19500100000DOC06.pdf

A number of the photos can be viewed – thought not readily downloaded – here:

http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?fq=online_media_type%3A%22Full+text+documents%22&q=enola

 

Support the APR Patreon to help bring more of this sort of thing to light! Alternatively, you can support through the APR Monthly Historical Documents Program.

 Posted by at 9:09 am

CCV-100 Model

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Jan 172020
 

A little while back I was contacted by someone who had an old display model of a Boeing Controlled Configured Vehicle bomber and wondered if I was interested in buying it. Interested? Yes. Able? No. But I was able to put the seller in contact with someone else who was able to procure it, so this Boeing CCV-100-2 wound up in a good home. More on the CCV-100-2 is HERE. Still no confirmation of the scale of the vehicle, sadly.

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B-1 Artwork: not the view you really want of a supersonic aircraft

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Jan 042020
 

Certainly a dramatic shot, and also a very final shot for a bug, bird or unfortunate parachutist.

This Rockwell illustration dates from the early 70’s and represents the almost-final B-1 configuration, from back when being very supersonic was the goal rather than being stealthy at low altitude.

The full image  has been made available as a thank-you to APR Patreon and Historical Documents Program patrons at the $4 and above level, placed in the 2020-01 APR Extras . If interested in this piece or if you are interested in helping to fund the preservation of this sort of thing, please consider becoming a patron, either through the APR Patreon or the Monthly Historical Document Program.

 Posted by at 4:34 am

October 2019 Rewards

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Oct 312019
 

It was in some doubt on my end, but I managed to get the October rewards issued in the nick of time. I have been uprooted and moved well over a thousand miles into smaller digs; much of my stuff was abandoned or outright tossed but my files seem, so far, to have survived the journey intact and hopefully complete. I’m in the process of straightening that all out now, and with luck November will be more orderly.

The October rewards included:

Diagram: A very large format scan of the McDonnell Douglas Model D-3235 Supersonic Transport from 1988

Documents: The Boeing “Airborne Alert Aircraft”

A new scan of the Goodyear “METEOR Junior” report, this time scanned from a pristine original

A scan of a collection of JPL CAD diagrams of a Pluto flyby spacecraft circa 1994… sent to me during my college days with the hopes that I could make a display model of it (beyond my capabilities at the time)

In lieu of the CAD diagram usually created for $5 and up Patrons, which I had nowhere near the time to create, a scan of some North American Rockwell brochures on the HOBOS homing bomb system.

If this sort of thing is of interest – either in receiving these sort of rewards or in helping to preserve this sort of aerospace history – consider signing up for the APR Monthly Historical Documents Program.

 Posted by at 3:44 pm

Now Available: US Bomber Projects #22, US Transport Projects #09

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Sep 042019
 

US Bomber Projects #22 and Transport Projects #09 are now available.

US Bomber Projects #22

Cover art was provided by Rob Parthoens, www.baroba.be

US Bomber Projects #22 is now available (see HERE for the entire series). Issue #22 includes:

  • GD/NASA Mach 5 Cruise Waverider: A 1990’s design very much like the “Aurora”
  • NASA SR-2P Dash-On-Warning: a vertically launched ICBM carrier
  • Republic MX-773B-2: a two-stage ramjet surface-to-surface missile
  • Convair Subsonic Nuclear Carrier Based Aircraft: A miniature naval NX-2
  • Consolidated Vultee “Parallel Staged Operational Missile:” an unusual early configuration for the Atlas ICBM
  • Convair MX-1626: an early B-36-carried design leading to the B-58
  • Boeing B-52X: a trie of layouts for four-engined B-52s
  • Boeing Model 988-122/123: A highly maneuverable stealthy flying wing

USBP #22 can be downloaded as a PDF file for only $4.25:

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Don’t forget to pick up the previous issue, US Bomber Projects #21…

 

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Also available:

US Transport Projects #09

Cover art was provided by Rob Parthoens, www.baroba.be

US Transport Projects #09 is now available (see HERE for the entire series). Issue #09 includes:

  • Convair 58-9 SST: A design fora preliminary low-capacity test SST
  • Boeing Model 757-3150: An important step in the development of the 747
  • Convair Nuclear Powered GEM Aircraft Carrier: a fast long-range strike carrier
  • Aero Spacelines “Pregnant Princess:” A jet-propelled Saturn rocket carrier
  • Seversky Executive: A 1930’s design for a prop-powered “business jet”
  • Williams International V-Jet: A 1980’s concept for a small executive transport
  • Lockheed L-152-15: A very early jetliner
  • Lockheed Martin 777F-sized Hybrid Wing body: A very recent large and efficient cargo transport

USTP #09 can be downloaded as a PDF file for only $4.25:

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Don’t forget the previous issue, US Transport Projects #08…

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