Perhaps as a surprise to nobody, I’m a little late on the February rewards:
1) The end of the short month snuck up on me
2) I’m at the VERY end of finishing up a project I’ve been working on for a year and a half
3) I was about halfway through processing a big report I planned on putting into the months catalog when it dawned on me… ‘hey, haven;t I already released this?” Ayup. A big waste of time. Gah.
Anyway, the rewards are all processed except for this months CAD diagram. Currently in works.
Now scanning: “Norspiel,” rules book for a wargame created at Northrop Aircraft in 1957. Not the usual sort of thing I go after, but it seems interesting. I wasn’t able to find anything online about it other than the ebay listing, so it may be new to the wargaming world. I’m not a wargamer (not since about 1987), so I’m no expert, but it seems a lot simpler than, say, Dungeons and Dragons or Warhammer 40K.
This will be added to the next APR Patreon/subscriber catalog to be voted on for a monthly reward. If this sort of thing is of interest, please check out:
Rewards for January 2025 have just been sent out. They include:
CAD: Lockheed-Martin RATTLRShypersonic missile
ART: Douglas Nike-Zeus advertising artwork
Doc: 1987 Martin-Marietta “Titan II Program Familiarization – Titan II Training & Certification.” Well illustrated guide to the Titan II launch system.
Doc: University of Michigan report: “The Radar Cross Section of B-70 Aircraft,” 1960. originally secret, declassified report prepared for NAA describing the RCS of the B-70, and how to reduce it.
Subscribers/Patrons for the APR Monthly Historical Documents Program not only receive a monthly collection of aerospace goodies such as these, but can also pick up back issues all the way to 2014.
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The rewards went out this AM bright and early. They include:
Diagram: Two sheets of Rocketdyne schematics for the Space Shuttle Main Engine and propulsion system
Document: “B-1B New Strength for America’s Defense” An early 80’s brochure on the then-forthcoming B-1B
Document: “Aerojet propulsion for Space Systems,” a very nicely illustrated booklet on the AJ10-137, the main engine of the Apollo CSM
Document: Two articles in French on VTOL Aircraft from the ICARE revue De L’Aviation Francaise “Salon 69”
CAD Diagram: WIP of the Boeing Model 2000-201 VTOL stealth spec ops transport
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A general arrangement diagram of the Douglas Model D-3203-29. This was a modified DC-9-50, appears to be the basic design for the MD-80, dated 7-26-1977.
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