Click picture to see more! USBP Preview This prototype issue covers: Submarine-launched "Project Pluto" (small nuclear ramjet vehicle) Douglas Model 1064 flying wing (strategic bomber) Douglas Model 1186A multi-stage aircraft (X-3-derived bomber) The "NASA logo bomber" (the source of the "swoop") 12-meter Orion Nuclear Pulse Vehicle (cis-lunar doomsday weapon) Orbital Sciences X-42 (modern "reusable ICBM" first stage) Boeing Model 448 (early stage in B-47 development) Douglas MX-2091 (subsonic small missile carrier) Martin Model 329 C-1 (supersonic seaplane) Convair WS-110A Two-Stage Aircraft (subsonic tow plane, Mach 3 bomber) Lockheed NEPA (early giant nuclear-powered design) North American D436-21 (early AMSA/ B-1 design) Boeing Model 813 (two stage hypersonic cruise bomber) Lockheed CL-292-6 (nuclear-powered missile carrier/airborne DEW line/aircraft carrier) Northrop Quiet Supersonic Platform (low sonic boom strike plane) 2.2 megabyte PDF file. USBP Preview download order: $8.00	Click picture to see more! USBP issue 01 This issue contains articles on : Rockwell D 645-1: a 1979 low-cost subsonic missile carrier NAA 1495-25 PAMSS: an early ’60's concept for rebuilding an XB-70 into a prototype for an all-new bomber Boeing Model 701-273-0: First in a series on the evolution of the XB-59 supersonic bomber Convair B-58-C-1: a two-engined tactical bomber Lockheed CL-2102-2: A stealthy flying wing Lockheed Model 195-A-13: An early nuclear powered bomber Martin Model 223-1: First in a series on the evolution of the XB-48… a wartime turboprop medium bomber Boeing Model 444 A: First in a series on the development of the B-52… a late war turboprop heavy bomber 4.7 megabyte PDF file. USBP 01 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USBP issue 02 This issue has articles on: Rockwell D 645-1: LH2:: A variant of the low-cost missile carrier using liquid hydrogen for fuel NAA High Performance Penetrator: a 1963 design for a supersonic bomber, led in part to the B-1 Boeing Model 701-273-1: Second in a series on the evolution of the XB-59 Lockheed GL-232: A subsonic nuclear powered bomber Boeing Space Sortie: A small unmanned spaceplane Martin Model 223-2: Second in the series on the development of the XB-48 – a wartime turbojet powered medium bomber Boeing Model 461: Second in the series on the development of the B-52… an early postwar turboprop heavy bomber Northrop Low Altitude Penetrator: A competing idea for what became the B-2 5.8 megabyte PDF file USBP 02 download order: $4.25
Click picture to see more! USBP issue 03 This issue has articles on: Rockwell D 645-4A: A compact stealthy flying wing Lockheed System 464L: Lockheed’s entry into the initial Dyna Soar program, 1958 Convair Mach 4 “Rollover:” A Mach 4 seaplane with a unique approach Boeing Model 701-273-3: An asymmetrical supersonic precursor to the B-59 Boeing HSCT Model 1080-854: A late 1980's missile carrier derivative of a commercial supersonic transport Martin Model 223-3: A canard antecedent to the B-48 Boeing Model 462: A large six-turboprop ancestor of the B-52 3.2 megabyte PDF file USBP 03 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USBP issue 04 This issue has articles on: McDonnell System 464L: McDonnell’s entry into the initial Dyna Soar contest, 1958 Lockheed-Martin Falcon: A recent design for an unmanned hypersonic global range bomber Lockheed Senior Peg: Lockheed’s competitor to the Northrop B-2 Boeing Mobile Missile Carrier: A giant hydrogen fueled amphibian Boeing Model 701-273-4: A very asymmetrical supersonic predecessor to the B-59 Lockheed Cruise Missile Carrier: A large nuclear-powered cargo plane converted to carry 90 cruise missiles Boeing Model 462-5: A six-turboprop B-52 ancestor Martin Model 223-4: A twin-fuselage design on the road to the B-48 2.4 megabyte PDF file USBP 04 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USBP issue 5 This issue has articles on: McDonnell-Douglas ATB: The little know third competitor for the B-2 McDonnell-Douglas/Boeing DF-9: A Mach 10 global-range strike/space launch system from the 1990's Boeing Model 701-273-5: A supersonic bomber with an extreme inverse-taper wing Fairchild N-9: An early 1950's nuclear powered concept Martin Model 223-5: A predecessor to the B-48 with canards Rockwell D645-5: A subsonic 1978 flying wing bomber designed to use a laser for defense against fighters and missiles North American 464L: NAA's X-15 derived orbital spaceplane concept for the Dyna Soar program Boeing Model 464-17: 1946 four-turboprop strategic bomber, a step toward the B-52 5.9 megabyte PDF file USBP 05 download order: $4.25
Click picture to see more! USBP issue 06 This issue has articles on: Boeing Model 464-18: a reduced-size version of the 464-17 turboprop strategic bomber Convair WS-125A: A supersonic seaplane powered by nuclear reactors Martin MX-2092: a subsonic jet bomber that towed a large missile GD AMPSS: A 1963 variable geometry design leading towards the B-1 Republic System 464L: a lifting body spaceplane with a nuclear bomb on its back Martin Model 223-6: a 1944 step on the road to the XB-48 Boeing Model 701-273-6: A supersonic bomber composed of two linked aircraft Martin Water-Based Attack Aircraft: a single-seat strike plane capable of water takeoffs & landings 2.8 megabyte PDF file USBP 06 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USBP issue 07 This issue has articles on: Boeing Model 464-25: a modification of the 464-17 turboprop bomber with slightly swept wings, among other changes Boeing Model 828-2: a giant and incredibly slow long-endurance plane with a formidable payload Fairchild N-12: an early nuclear powered turboprop design Rockwell D645-3: a supersonic treetop-level bomber capable of completely stowing its wing Boeing model 701-273-7: last in the study, a design with a large wing, a small fuselage and canards Bell MX-Carrying Hovercraft: a large armored hovercraft complete with an MX missile and self-defense interceptor missiles Convair System 464L: Dyna Soar I and Dyna Soar III spaceplanes Martin Model 223-7: A 1944 ancestor to the XB-48 with vertically stacked engines 2.8 megabyte PDF file USBP 07 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USBP issue 08 This issue has articles on: Boeing Model 464-27: a slightly-swept turboprop B-52 progenitor Rockwell D645-6: A minimum-weight spanloader missile carrier Martin Mach 4.25: A large, manned nuclear ramjet Boeing Model 484-2-2: A swept-wing, slightly supersonic B-58 competitor Douglas System 464L: A many-surfaced Dyna Soar spaceplane Martin Model 223-8: a 1944 step on the road to the XB-48 Boeing Model 801-11A: A Mach 3.5 hydrogen fueled design of incredible range Martin MAMBA: A mid-1960's A-10-analog 3 megabyte PDF file USBP 08 download order: $4.25
Click picture to see more! USBP issue 09 This issue has articles on: Boeing Model 464-33-0: A turboprop B-52 predecessor Consolidated Army Bombardment Flying Wing: A ground attacker with an extreme mode of attack GE Supersonic System 6X: A Mach 3 nuclear-powered bomber Convair B/J-58: A supercuising version of the Hustler Boeing model 484-2-2: AB-58 competitor Northrop 464L: A blended wing/body spaceplane Martin Model 223-9: a 1944 step on the road to the XB-48 Boeing Model 800-15A: A Mach 3.5 hydrogen fueled design of incredible range 3 megabyte PDF file USBP 09 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USBP issue 10 This issue has articles on: Boeing Model 464-34-3: A turboprop B-52 predecessor Martin Model 192-5: A medium-sized flying wing Republic Mach 7: a relatively small high-speed design Convair WS-125A: A large nuclear powered supersonic design Boeing model 484-415: A jet-powered supersonic flying boat Boeing 464L: Boeings first Dyna Soar Martin Model 223-10: a 1944 step on the road to the XB-48 Lockheed CL-1301-1: A very small VTOL ground attacker 3 megabyte PDF file USBP 10 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USBP issue 11 This issue has articles on: Boeing Model 464-40: The first all-jet-powered design in the quest for the B-52 North American D-118: A turboprop conversion of the F-82E into a ground attacker Boeing Model 701-218: A twin engined supersonic concept NAA Model 705-00-04: A ramjet cruise missile with a manned rocket booster Northrop Nuclear Flying Wing: A well defended if rather hypothetical design Martin Model 223-11: *almost* the XB-48 Boeing B-1: The design that might have beaten the Rockwell concept Bell/Martin 464L: The submission that most closely resembled what the Dyna Soar eventually became 3 megabyte PDF file USBP 11 download order: $4.25
Click picture to see more! USBP issue 12 This issue has articles on: Boeing Model 464-40: The first all-jet-powered design in the quest for the B-52 North American D-118: A turboprop conversion of the F-82E into a ground attacker Boeing Model 464-41: A turboprop B-52 predecessor Boeing “Big Bird”: a long-durational, low-speed, low-altitude missile carrying loiterer Douglas MX-2091-E: A 1950's canard configured missile carrier Boeing Model 701-238: A supersonic design on the road to the B-59 Northrop Nuclear Flying Wing: Atomic power with two crew pods Martin Model 223-12: the final design in the XB-48 design series Rockwell MRCC: An airplane that could be tossed into space atop an RSRM Lockheed CL-820-8: A Mach 3 variable-geometry design 3 megabyte PDF file USBP 12 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USBP issue 13 This issue has articles on: Ryan Model 162: A VTOL strike/recon plane Boeing Orbital Bomb: a nuclear-tipped re-entry glider Northrop Atomic Wing: an asymetric nuclear powered design Consolidated Vultee High Speed Flying Boat: an early post-war Skate design Martin Model 189: a canard version of the B-26 Marauder Boeing Model 464-046: A six-engined B-52 predecessor Curtis F-87C: a night fighter with bomber abilities Boeing Model 701-247: a supersonic antecedent of the B-59 3 megabyte PDF file USBP 13 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USBP issue 14 USBP#14 brings together the competitors to Weapon System 464L, the first major effort in the Dyna Soar program. These designs were previously shown individually in prior issues of USBP; here they are brought together, with some updates, as well as a few extra diagrams and a section of diagrams formatted for 11X17 printing. This issue includes info and diagrams of the Lockheed, Republic, General Dynamics, McDonnell, Boeing, Douglas, Northrop, North American and Martin-Bell entries as well as their various booster systems. Also included are detailed diagrams of the ultimate Dyna Soar design, the 2050E. 3 megabyte PDF file USBP 14 download order: $6.25
Click picture to see more! USBP issue 15 This issue has articles on: Bell D2001: A 1957 eight-engined Bell VTOL strike plane for the Navy Lockheed “Harvey”: AKA the Hopeless Diamond, Lockheeds first design for what became the F-117 Convair Model 35: An early push-pull concept for the B-36 Rockwell D661-27: A nuclear powered strategic bomber Boeing Model 464-49: The penultimate major design in the development of the B-52 Boeing Model 988-123: A highly agile stealthy strike fighter Boeing Orbital Bomber: An early concept for a Dyna Soar derivative with eight nukes Boeing Model 701-251: A twin engined concept on the road to the XB-59 3 megabyte PDF file USBP 15 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USBP issue 16 The B-52 Evolution Special!: Boeing Model 444 A: A late war turboprop heavy bomber Boeing Model 461: An early postwar turboprop heavy bomber Boeing Model 462: A large six-turboprop ancestor of the B-52 Boeing Model 462-5: A six-turboprop B-52 ancestor Boeing Model 464-17: 1946 four-turboprop strategic bomber, a step toward the B-52 Boeing Model 464-18: a reduced-size version of the 464-17 turboprop strategic bomber Boeing Model 464-25: a modification of the 464-17 turboprop bomber with slightly swept wings, among other changes Boeing Model 464-27: a slightly-swept turboprop B-52 progenitor Boeing Model 464-33-0: A turboprop B-52 predecessor Boeing Model 464-34-3: A turboprop B-52 predecessor Boeing Model 464-40: The first all-jet-powered design in the quest for the B-52 Boeing Model 464-40: The first all-jet-powered design in the quest for the B-52 Boeing Model 464-046: A six-engined B-52 predecessor Boeing Model 464-49: The penultimate major design in the development of the B-52 Fairchild M-121:A highly unconventional canard-biplane Convair B-60: A swept-wing turboprop-powered derivative of the B-36 Douglas Model 1211-J: An elegant turboprop alternative to the B-52 With additional diagrams of the B-47, XB-52 and B-52B 6 megabyte PDF file USBP 16 download order: $6.25	Click picture to see more! USBP issue 17 This issue has articles on: M.C.D. 392: A wartime design for a global-range bomber Martin Model 194: A strategic bomber somewhat larger than the B-29 Lockheed CL-285-815: A supersonic nuclear powered concept with five engines Consolidated Model 36: An early design for the B-36 with twin tails Boeing Model 701-290: A supersonic bomber on the road to the B-59 Thiokol 260-inch ICBM: An unreasonably large ICBM concept ARFL ESAV: A recent concept for a stealthy supersonic bomber Convair GEBO II: An ancestor of the B-58, carried aloft under a B-60 3 megabyte PDF file USBP 17 download order: $4.25
Click picture to see more! USBP issue 18 This issue has articles on: Boeing Model 726-13: A nuclear pwoered bomber with the cockpit in the tail Martin Model 164: A pre-war high altitude twin-tailed bomber North American WS-110A: An early concept for what became the B-70, with "floating wingtips" Convair MX-1593: An early, large, five-engined Atlas ICBM concept Boeing Model 701-299-1: The final XB-59 supersonic bomber design Boeing Model 464-72: A B-52 with pusher turboprops Boeing F-15GSE Global Strike Eagle: An unmanned F-15 with a giant missile on its back General Dynamics – Light Weight Attack Configuration 29: An advanced ground attacker with vectored thrust 3 megabyte PDF file USBP 18 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USBP issue 19 This issue has articles on: Early Atlas Concept: Parallel Staged Missile: three-bodied concept leadign to the Atls ICBM Lockheed L-286-665: A supersonic nuclear powered design Consolidated XA-44 Model 112: a three-engined forward-swept jet Convair Pilotless Airplane I-40: a TV & radar guided missile Martin Model 151-J: A late pre-war design Boeing Model 464-79-0: a long-span B-52 with floating wingtips Lockheed-Martin VS-07: A recent stealthy variable geometry concpet Boeing Model 724-15: Boeings first giant competitor for the B-70 3 megabyte PDF file USBP 19 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USBP issue 20: XB-59 Special Issue #20 collects all the previously published articles and diagrams of the XB-59 antecedent designs and updates them. Additionally, more antecedent designs have been included as well as several designs that followed along after the XB-59. The biggest USXP publication yet! USBP 20 includes twenty nine unique aircraft concepts (the usual issue of USXP has eight designs) from Boeing Models 484 and 701 showing how Boeing evolved the XB-59, their competitor to the Convair B-58 “Hustler.” Beginning with subsonic flying wings, the concept saw concepts both conventional and unconventional before eventually settling on Model 701-299-1, the final XB-59 design. This issue includes a half dozen Model 701 designs that followed along after the cancellation of the XB-59 program. 3 megabyte PDF file USBP 20 download order: $8.50
Click picture to see more! USBP issue 21 This issue has articles on: Convair Submersible Nuclear Ramjet: a Mach 4 manned nuclear powered flying submarine Bell MX-776: an early post-war pilotless airplane Convair Manned Flyback Atlas: an unconventional recoverable ICBM DTNSRDC PAR-WIG Strategic Deterrent: a low-flying aircraft packing 4 Trident ballistic missiles Boeing Model 464-197: a supersonic B-52 Martin Model 151-K: a pre-war twin-engined medium bomber Boeing Cruise Ballistic Missile: an entire aircraft packed into a silo, carrying an ICBM MC-747 Air Mobile System: a 1973 concept for carrying up to seven ICBMs in a modified cargo jet 3 megabyte PDF file USBP 21 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USBP issue 22 This issue has articles on: 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 3 megabyte PDF file USBP 22 download order: $4.25

Click picture to see more! USTP issue 01 This issue contains articles on : Redstone Troop Transport: An Army concept for a troop & supplies launcher Lockheed CL-334-1: A small STOL battlefield transport NASA LH2 747: A “three fuselage” hydrogen-fueled jetliner Douglas DC-8-1004: A very clean pusher-prop passenger liner Bell/Boeing/NASA ATT: A wasp-waisted transonic concept Boeing Model 733-94: An early SST Aereon Dynairship: A giant modern airship Boeing Model 473-10: One of the earliest jetliner designs 3 megabyte PDF file. USTP 01 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USTP issue 02 This issue contains articles on : Jupiter Troop Transport: A 1956 Army concept for ballistically launched soldiers Catamaran 747: A NASA concept for a more efficient twin-fuselage 747 Nuclear C-5A: A NASA concept for using the existing C-5 to demonstrate nuclear powered flight Boeing 765-076E: A recent design for a small supersonic transport Lockheed L-151: An early jetliner concept adding six turbojets to a Constellation AAFRL/Lockheed AMC-X: A recent design for a stealthy C-130 replacement Boeing Twin Hull Airship: A 1970's design for a semi-buoyant cargo lifter Douglas D5.0-15A: A partially NASP-derived hypersonic jetliner 3 megabyte PDF file. USTP 02 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USTP issue 03 This issue contains articles on : Lockheed “Environmentally Responsible Aviation” box-wing jetliner Martin Commercial Twin-Hull concept from 1942 North American Aviation NAC-60 SST competitor McDonnell-Douglas Cargo Spanloader Boeing Model 763-058 “New Large Airplane” BoMi Passenger Transport Rocket Lockheed L-152-1 early jet transport with unusual inlets Aerial Relay System: for when crazy is preferred 3 megabyte PDF file. USTP 03 download order: $4.25
Click picture to see more! USTP issue 04 This issue contains articles on : Boeing Model 473-13: An early twin-engine jetliner ICARUS Troop Transport: 1,200 marines, anywhere, anytime Republic Model 10 SST: A little known SST competitor Lockheed CL-593: A giant, if slow, logistics transporter Boeing 763-059 NLA: A whole lotta passengers in one place Fairchild M-534: A B-36 converted into a vast cargo carrier Lockheed CL-1201: Probably the largest aircraft ever designed Oblique All-Wing Supersonic Airplane: A supersonic variable-orientation flying wing 3 megabyte PDF file. USTP 04 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USTP issue 05 This issue contains articles on : Boeing Model 820-100: The B-52 can haul more than bombs… Lockheed Nuclear Tug: Want to tow two C-5s across an ocean? Martin Super Ocean Transport: A WWII-era design for a post-war giant passenger transport HOT EAGLE: 13 Marines to Benghazi in minutes Sikorsky SST: An early supersonic transport concept Lifting Body Cargo Airplane: A wartime design for a multibody design with a separate cargo module Resource Air Carrier: A giant “flying pipeline” to haul petroleum Boeing Model 763-165: A side-by-side New Large Airplane design 3 megabyte PDF file. USTP 05 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USTP issue 06 This issue contains articles on : Lockheed CL-408-15: An early Mach 3 SST Lockheed L-155-4: A very early 8-engine jetliner Boeing Model 754-4V: A very-wide-bodied cargo hauler for Husky Gates Learjet PD1502A: A four-seater with a turbofan Convair Comet Seaplane: An American idea for turning a British jetliner into Flying Boat Lockheed Twin C-5 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: Two C-5's mated together to carry a Shuttle between them Boeing Model 765-096 Rev A “SUGAR Volt”: A hybrid jetliner CRC HOT EAGLE – Super Global Troop Transport: Finally, hard data on a rocket transport for Special Forces and Marines 3 megabyte PDF file. USTP 06 download order: $4.25
Click picture to see more! USTP issue 07 This issue contains articles on : Lockheed L-279-9: an early SST Convair HST – Phase II Variable Sweep Configuration: A mid-1960’s hypersonic transport Lockheed CL-1373: a short-haul turboprop liner Boeing Model 702-134(4): a large nuclear-powered logistics hauler McDonnell-Douglas Swept Wing Spanloader: a heavy cargo carrier Lockheed Hybrid Wing Body: a current design for an efficient military transport NASA Cut-Down 747 SCA: a 1973 idea for a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Rockwell Boost Glide Transport: An early 1970’s rocket transport 3 megabyte PDF file. USTP 07 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USTP issue 08 This issue contains articles on : NACA SST: a 1947 concept Boeing CX-HLS: Boeings design for what became the C-5 Bell Operational Medium STOL Transport: vectored thrust for short takeoff Convair Limited War Amphibian: A concept for a single plan to meet both land and sea plane requirements Bell Hypersonic Transport 1980-1990:A two-stage turboramjet/rocket concept Lockheed Hybrid Wing Body 757PF-Sized Freighter: a recent design for an advanced transport Lear Liner Model 40:a small airliner/large executive transport Boeing Model 759-153A Resource Carrier: A big flying wing natural gas "tanker" 2 megabyte PDF file. USTP 08 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USTP issue 09 This issue contains articles on : 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 2 megabyte PDF file. USTP 09 download order: $4.25

Click picture to see more! USSP issue 01 This issue contains articles on : General Dynamics 2-Man Space Taxi: A concept for the minimum possible manned spacecraft General Dynamics EMPIRE lander: one of the earliest designs for an excursion module to and from the surface of Mars Convair Landing Boat: Krafft Ehricke's Atlas-launched spaceplane Zenith Star: the SDI laser battlestation experiment Northrop PROFAC: a flying gas station for spacecraft NASA Warp-drive spacecraft: a highly hypothetical concept for planning purposes Martin Direct Flight Apollo: lunar landing without the LEM Boeing DS-1 Satellite Interceptor: an early Dyna Soar with nuclear missiles 3 megabyte PDF file. USSP 01 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USSP issue 02: Spaceplane Special This issue contains articles on : Boeing Personnel/Cargo Glider: When you have space industry, you need a space bus Convair Manned Orbiting Reconnaissance System: A 1958 concept for a recon spaceplane North American D435-1-4: The delta winged X-15A-3 (not a true spaceplane… but still, relevant) General Electric R-3 Lenticular Apollo: A 1962 Apollo concept for a lifting body lunar ship General Dynamics VL-3A: a 1966 space station logistics transport SRI Space Cruiser: An early 1980’s minimum manned spacecraft for the military Boeing Model 844-2050E Dyna Soar: The almost-built spaceplane from 1963 Rockwell MRCC Orbiter: the do-everything concept, modified with additional rockets and propellant 3 megabyte PDF file. USSP 02 download order: $6.25	Click picture to see more! USSP issue 03 This issue contains articles on : Northrop ST-38 Space Trainer: a rocket-powered T-38 for trips to space "Have Sting:" A General Electric design for a gigantic orbital railgun JPL Thousand Astronomical Unit probe: A spacecraft into interstellar space Integrated MannedInterplanetary Spacecraft: A Boeing concept for a giant spacecraft to Mars and Venus Convair Inflatable Spacecraft: an early spaceplane concept One Man Space Station: A 1960 McDonnell concept for a tiny space station Astroplane: A lightweight aircraft for the exploration of Mars Reactor-In-Flight Test: A Lockheed nuclear-powered stage for the Saturn V 5 megabyte PDF file. USSP 03 download order: $5.25
Click picture to see more! USSP issue 04 This issue contains articles on : GE Electrically Propelled Cargo Vehicle: A lunar lander with a nuclear reactor and ion engines to reduce the cost of lunar logistics Douglas LASS: Landing an S-IVb stage on the moon Convair PLAME: VTOL crew return with jet engines North American Mars Excursion Module: the iconic conical Mars lander Martin-Marietta Ballistic NIMF: A nuclear “hopper” Early LEM: One of the first recognizable designs, by Maxime Faget ROMBUS: probably the largest lunar lander seriously proposed Boeing Lander Module 2: A recent Mars crew lander 5 megabyte PDF file. USSP 04 download order: $5.25	Click picture to see more! USSP issue 05 This issue contains articles on : Project HORIZON Lunar Lander: a late 1950’s US Army concept for a manned Lunar lander Lockheed-Martin Mars Ascent/Descent Vehicle: A very recent concept for a future manned Mars vehicle JPL Interstellar Precursor: a 970’s design for a space probe to interstellar space Lockheed Modular Rotating Space Station: a truly gigantic design circa 1970 Lockheed Payload Carrier: an early 1960’s spaceplane for space station logistics Martin-Marietta Winged NIMF: a nuclear powered “hopper” Lockheed CL-414: a capsule for Man in Space Soonest NASA HAVOC: High Altitude Venus Operational Concept, a 2015 project for manned exploration of the atmosphere of Venus 8 megabyte PDF file. USSP 05 download order: $5.25

Click picture to see more! USLP issue 01 This issue contains articles on : Pre-Saturn Phase III Vehicles: 1958 concpet for clustered Atlas boosters Boeing “Big Onion”: an SSTO to launch SPS Northrop TAV: an in-flight propellant transfer spaceplane Martin Orbit Project: A 1946 concept for a hydrogen fueled SSTO Saturn V derived HLLV for FLO: A brief Saturn V revival in the early 1990s MSC Orbiter 020: An early Shuttle with straight wings and a single SRB Hammerhead ET: a way for the Shuittle to transport outsized payloads Loral Aquarius: A way to make space launch cheap 3 megabyte PDF file. USLP 01 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USLP issue 02 This issue contains articles on : Juno V, 4 stage: An early design that became the Saturn rocket Boeing “Space Freighter”: a giant two-stage spaceplane for launching solar power satellites Boeing NASP-D: A rare look at an operational National Aerospace Plane derivative LLNL Mockingbird: The smallest SSTO ever designed Boeing Model 922-101: A fully reusable Saturn V NAR Phase B Space Shuttle: a fully reusable two-stage concept Martin Marietta Inline SDV: A Shuttle-derived heavy lifter Scaled Composites Model 351: The Stratolaunch carrier aircraft 3 megabyte PDF file. USLP 02 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USLP issue 03 This issue contains articles on : Juno V/Titan/Nomad: A 1958 concept for a space launcher using an ICBM for upper stages Convair ATE Nova: A 1963 idea for winged airbreathing boosters B-70/Gemini: Using a bomber as a booster Phase II VTOHL Orbit-On-Demand: a 1985 concept for a relatively small two stage to orbit spaceplane NASA Lewis Saturn Ib/Centaur/Kick Stage: a high energy upper stage NASA MSC 042B/Titan IIIL6: a straight-winged orbiter atop a large Titan derivative Heavy Lift Titan: A large diameter Titan core with three Shuttle boosters Escher “Unshackled”: An unconventional idea for a lunar rocket 3 megabyte PDF file. USLP 03 download order: $4.25
Click picture to see more! USLP issue 04 This issue contains articles on : Space Carrier Vehicle: A US Army lunar rocket with 8 F-1 engines Convair Reusable Helios: A stage-and-a-half monster with a gas core nuclear engine Boeing Model 896-111: A 1980’s two stage transatmospheric vehicle Project RAND Satellite Rocket 3-Stage: A 1947 satellite launcher Convair Saturn V-R: An idea on how to make a fully reusable Saturn V first stage Lockheed STAR Clipper: A 1968 stage-and-a-half lifting body Space Shuttle Shuttle-C: The Shuttle derived vehicle design that came closest to being built Titan III Growth/156-inch boosters: A more powerful version of the Titan III for Dyna Soar launch 3 megabyte PDF file. USLP 04 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USLP issue 05 This issue contains articles on : North American Aviation 600K SSTO: an early concept for cheap space launch Boeing “Windjammer” SSTO: A horizontal takeoff design form the early 70s JSC Winged Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle: A giant SPS launcher NASA Nova “Saturn C-8”: an early Apollo booster Lockheed Reusable Ten-Ton Orbital Carrier: A logistics system from the early 60s Chrysler Hot Air Balloon S-IB: An unusual approach to booster recovery MSC Orbiter 042A Titan IIIL6: A shuttle design with a delta-winged orbiter on an enlarged Titan General Dynamics Model 202: a preliminary design for a Brilliant Pebbles launcher 2 megabyte PDF file. USLP 05 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USLP issue 06 Issue #6 is devoted to the launch vehicles proposed for the 1970’s Solar Power Satellite program. This required millions of tons of payload delivered into Earth orbit over a span of decades, with flight rates of several times per day for each vehicle. This program produced some of the largest and most ambitious launch vehicles ever designed, and was the last time that launchers of this size were ever seriously contemplated. Appropriately, USLP#6 is by far the largest issue of US Aerospace projects to date at over seventy pages, three times the size of a usual issue. Topics in this issue include the Rockwell Star-Raker, several Boeing Space Freighters, the Boeing “Big Onion” Low Cost Heavy Lift Vehicle (antecedent and descendant designs), a Grumman two-stage HLLV, a Rockwell HLLV and “small” HLLV, NASA-JSC heavy lifters, a Boeing/Rockwell Personnel Launch Vehicle and a Boeing winged SSTO. Along with orthogonal views, a number of perspective diagrams are also included. 6 megabyte PDF file. USLP 06 download order: $9.00

Click picture to see more! USFP issue 01 This issue contains articles on : Tremulis “Zero Fighter:” A World War II era two-stage rocket propelled, vertically launched interceptor North American Rockwell D-541-4 “Surprise Fighter:” An early stealth fighter concept with flip-out wings Republic TFX: An unconventionally-configured variable-sweep design, competed to become the F-111 Martin Model 302: A large four-engined supersonic interceptor loaded with missiles Convair Nuclear Powered Interceptor Configuration II: A single-seat design with a nuclear reactor NAF Float-Wing Interceptor: A WWII small flying boat to be carried by small ships Martin Pursuit-Type Airplane: An early WWII-era design with a prone pilot Boeing Model 1074-0006: A 1980’s design for a hydrogen-fueled hypersonic monster 3 megabyte PDF file. USFP 01 download order: $4.25

Click picture to see more! USFP issue 02: Rocket Fighter Special This issue contains articles on : Bell Rocket Fighter: A design similar to the X-1 North American RD-1381-B: A two-stage VTO design Boeing Model 457: A rocket boosted ramjet fighter with two stages Truax Rocket Fighter: A VTO ship-launched interceptor Northrop XP-79: A flying wing with a prone pilot Lockheed CL-362-1: A late 1950's spaceplane-like hypersonic concept SAINT II: the Satellite Interceptor lifting body Bell D-35: a tailless delta-like design 3 megabyte PDF file. USFP 02 download order: $4.25

Click picture to see more! USFP issue 03 This issue contains articles on : Vought Advanced Interceptor AI-0604R: a dart-winged ejector ramjet-powered concept Convair Nuclear Powered Interceptor Configuration I: a single0seat interceptor with a nuclear reactor General Dynamics F-111X-7: A stretched F-111 for bomber escort and interception Bell Ramjet Fighter: A subsonic small fighter from the end of WWII Convair XP-92: A post-war delta-winged ramjet powered supersonic interceptor Rockwell D736-4 Supersonic Penetrator: the wings could sweep back entirely within the fuselage Lockheed CL-362-2: A high-altitude hypersonic rocketplane NASA-Langley TBF-1: an unusual supercruiser 3 megabyte PDF file. USFP 03 download order: $4.25

Click picture to see more! USVP issue 01 This issue contains articles on : Ryan Model 162: A three-lift-fan ground attack plane with a minimum wing NACA VTOL Bomber: A slim six-engined supersonic concept Bell X-14C: A three-engine low cost close support plane Lockheed GL-224-2: A small rescue craft that can dock in flight with a C-130 Bell D270A-900-112: A tilt-rotor that has folding props Boeing Model 837-313: A minor design for a fighter like a Harrier with variable-sweep wings Hughes Hot Cycle Rotor/Wing Composite Research Aircraft: Use the exhaust from a jet engine to spin up a triangular rotor blade… Lockheed CL-1026: A civilian derivative of the AH-56, to carry passengers from city center to city center 3 megabyte PDF file. USVP 01 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USRP issue 01 This issue of US Recon & Research Projects contains articles on : General Dynamics “FISH”: 1958 concept for Mach 4 parasite NACA-Langley X-Tail X-15: early hypersonic rocket plane concept “Jake’s Jeep”: WWII-era motorjet design Lockheed “Archangel”: The first step on the road to the SR-71 Boeing Model 853-21 “Quiet Bird”: A 1961 stealth platform Northrop Tacit Blue: Operational version of the early stealth experiment Convair Pilotless Airplane I-40 Inhabited: WWII-era design of a manned test for a flying bomb Lockheed CL-278-1-1: a proto-U-2 3 megabyte PDF file. USRP 01 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USVP issue 02 This issue contains articles on : SOS Interceptor: A US Navy Mach 3 aircraft with jettisonable wings Lockheed GL-224-3: A small battlefield surveillance and ground attack plane Phalanx Dragon MP-18: An unconventional small civilian transport Lockheed L-161-1: An early concept for a variable geometry roadable helicopter GE Supersonic V/STOL: A supersonic strike fighter with flip-out lift fans Convair ANP-VTOL: A nuclear-powered ground-effect craft of the Navy of unusual configuration Piasecki 16H-3: A compound helicopter for high speed passenger transport Boeing Vertol Model 147: A tilt-wing close support fire support design for the US Army 3 megabyte PDF file. USVP 02 download order: $4.25
Click picture to see more! USRP issue 02 This issue of US Recon & Research Projects contains articles on : Lockheed A-1: The first true design leading to the SR-71 Bell MX-2147 Model 105: The high altitude “X-16” Boeing/CRC/AMROC X-34 Reference Configuration: A reusable launcher test vehicle Martin Model 159: A scout/observation float plane NASA-Langley Low-Boom Demonstrator: a recent design to demonstrate quiet SST tech McDonnell-Douglas DC-9 Super 80 Propfan Configuration 1: A fuel efficient transport demo Convair “HAZEL” MC-10: An inflatable Mach 3 plane for the Navy Republic Manned Hypersonic Reconnaissance Vehicle: an early scramjet concept 3 megabyte PDF file. USRP 02 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USRP issue 03 This issue of US Recon & Research Projects contains articles on : Lockheed A-2: An early design leading to the SR-71 Boeing NuERA 747: A nuclear powered 747 General Dynamics SX-109 “Pathfinder”: a subscale SSTO demonstrator Northrop N-156: A giant U-2 alternate Convair M-125: A high altitude/speed single seat recon plane with toxic fuel Bell AMST STOL Prototype: A heavily modified C-130 Convair Nuclear AEW: unmanned, nuclear powered VTOL fleet defense recon platform Boeing Model 818-300: an early 60s battlefield surveillance platform 3 megabyte PDF file. USRP 03 download order: $4.25	Click picture to see more! USVP issue 03 This issue contains articles on : Lockheed CL-579: An optionally-manned “communications satellite” for after WWIII Vanguard Model 18: A short range passenger transport from the 60s with slightly unusual wings Hiller STORC: A helicopter that could convert into a conventional aircraft for long-range ferry flights North American Rockwell NR-356 Sea Control Fighter: The design that led to the failed XFV-12A Bell D181: One of the first VTOL “assault transports” Hiller Anti-Submarine Warfare Drone Tailsitter: An unmanned pulsejet-powered torpedo-launcher Gates Twinjet: An ill-timed executive transport helicopter McDonnell Douglas VT107-4-4I: A short-range VTOL jetliner from the early 70s 3 megabyte PDF file. USVP 03 download order: $5.25

Click title to see more! USBP11x17-01-03 USBP 11X17 01-03 collects the diagrams created for issues 01, 02 and 03, including: Rockwell D 645-1; NAA 1495-25 PAMSS; Boeing Model 701-273-0; Convair B-58-C-1; Lockheed CL-2102-2; Lockheed Model 195-A-13; Martin Model 223-1; Boeing Model 444 A; Rockwell D 645-1: LH2; NAA High Performance Penetrator; Boeing Model 701-273-1; Lockheed GL-232; Boeing Space Sortie; Martin Model 223-2; Boeing Model 461; Northrop Low Altitude Penetrator; Rockwell D 645-4A; Lockheed System 464L; Convair Mach 4 “Rollover;” Boeing Model 701-273-3; Boeing HSCT Model 1080-854; Martin Model 223-3; Boeing Model 462 9 megabyte PDF file. USBP11x17-01-03 download order: $11.00	Click title to see more! USBP11x17-01-03 USBP 11X17 04-06 collects the diagrams created for issues 04, 05 and 06, including: McDonnell System 464L; Lockheed-Martin Falcon; Lockheed Senior Peg; Boeing Mobile Missile Carrier; Boeing Model 701-273-4; Lockheed Cruise Missile Carrier; Boeing Model 462-5; Martin Model 223-4; McDonnell-Douglas ATB; McDonnell-Douglas/Boeing DF-9; Boeing Model 701-273-5; Fairchild N-9; Martin Model 223-5; Rockwell D645-5;North American 464L; Boeing Model 464-17; Boeing Model 464-18; Convair WS-125A; Martin MX-2092; GD AMPSS; Republic System 464L; Martin Model 223-6; Boeing Model 701-273-6; Martin Water-Based Attack Aircraft 9.2 megabyte PDF file. USBP11x17-04-06 download order: $11.00	Click title to see more! USBP11x17-07-09 USBP 11X17 07-09 collects the diagrams created for issues 07, 08 and 09, including: Boeing model 464-25; Boeing Model 828-2; Fairchild N-12; Rockwell D645-3; Boeing Model 701-273-7; Martin Model 223-7; Convair 464L Dyna Soar I; Convair 464L Dyna Soar III; Bell MX Hovercraft; Bell mobile defense platform; Boeing Model 464-27; Rockwell D645-6; Republic M-4.25; Martin MAMBA; Boeing Model 484-2-2 (twin-pod); Martin Model 223-8; Douglas 464L Dyna Soar I; Boeing Model 800-11A; Boeing Model 464-33-0; Consolidated Army Bombardment Type; GE Supersonic System 6X; Convair B/J-58 B-58C; Boeing Model 484-2-2; Martin Model 223-9; Northrop N-206 Dyna Soar I/II/III; Boeing Model 800-15A 9.2 megabyte PDF file. USBP11x17-07-07 download order: $11.00
Click title to see more! USBP11x17-10-12 USBP 11X17 10-12 collects the diagrams created for issues 10, 11 and 12, including: Boeing Model 464-34-3, Republic mach 7, Lockheed CL-1301-1, Convair WS-125A, Boeing 484-415, Martin Model 223-10, Boeing Model 814-1010 Dyna Soar, Martin Model 192-5, Boeing Model 464-40, Boeing Model 701-218, Northrop Nuclear flying wing, North American D118, Martin Model 223-11, North American Model 705-00-04, Bell/Martin 464L, Boeing B-1, Boeing Big Bird BB 6800, Boeing Model464-41, Douglas MX-2091-E, Boeing Model 701-238, Martin Model 223-12, Northrop Nuclear Flying Wing, Rockwell MRCC, Lockheed CL-820-8 9.2 megabyte PDF file. USBP11x17-10-12 download order: $11.00	Click title to see more! USBP11x17-13-15 USBP 11X17 13-15 collects the diagrams created for issues 13, 14 and 15, including: Ryan Model 162, Boeing Orbital bomb, Northrop Atomic Wing, Consolidated Vultee High Speed Flying Boat, Martin Model 189, Boeing Model 464-046, Curtis F-87C, Boeing Model 701-247, Lockheed WS 464L Dyna Soar, McDonnell WS 464L Dyna Soar, North American WS 464L Dyna Soar, Republic WS 464L Dyna Soar, Convair WS 464L Dyna Soar I, Convair WS 464L Dyna Soar II, Douglas WS 464L Dyna Soar, Northrop N206 WS 464L Dyna Soar, Boeing Model 814-1010 Dyna Soar II, Bell/Martin WS 464L Dyna Soar, Boeing Model 2050E Dyan Soar, Boeing Dyna Soar/ Titan IIIc, Bell D2001 TS-149, Lockheed Harvey; Convair Model 35, Rockwell D661-27, Boeing Model 464-49, Boeing Model 988-123, Boeing Manned Orbital Bomber, Boeing Model 701-251 9.2 megabyte PDF file. USBP11x17-13-15 download order: $11.00

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