Archive for the 'X-craft' Category

Jul 03 2008

Projects: overview

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At various times, I get into research projects; some simmer on for decades in various forms, and some break off and pick up speed because I happen to run into something that really fuels the fire, so to speak.

My library here is largely one that I use for reference. I have a huge amount of material that isn’t in book form, and I’m going through that all the time and hacking away at it to be able to organize and marshal the stuff. At present, the idea is to digitize everything, and use various management utilities to be able to find and figure out what’s what.

Here’s a *short* list of the topics I’m still digging for:

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Nov 06 2007

XF-85: Dwip! Zoom! Splat!

Published by jrittenhouse under X-craft, aircraft, military, weird, youtube

Possibly the oddest X-plane; when the B-36 needed to get a escort fighter for cover in the middle of Ust-Yutsk, Siberia, there’s a problem…until out of the bomb bay pops the tiny F-85 Goblin, terror of the skies, to be picked up through a hooking system and pulled back in.  (see youtube of the testing)
Problems up the booboo with the plane, most especially in regard to the re-hooking of the lil’ bugger.  Lots of splatting. The Air Force gave up on it, and sent the test craft to museums.

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