A new post is up at RetroMechanix.com presenting the Martin 246 naval attack aircraft proposal of 1949:
This unsolicited proposal featured an inverted gull wing, T-tail, and a novel rotary bomb bay capable of delivering a wide variety of ordnance. The article features 23 images, reproducing the entire proposal brochure and related BuAer correspondence.
-Jared
By: Bager1968 - 28th April 2012 at 00:01
The Martin-built B-57/Canberra also had that feature.
The Martin-built B-57 first flew 4 years after this proposal… First flight of the EE Canberra was the same year as this proposal.
I referred to the Buccaneer because it, like this proposal, was a carrier-capable aircraft, not a land-based bomber like the Canberra.
By: J Boyle - 27th April 2012 at 23:38
A 1949 USN Martin-built Valiant-winged Javelin with a Buccaneer bomb bay?
The Martin-built B-57/Canberra also had that feature.
By: Bager1968 - 27th April 2012 at 23:27
A 1949 USN Martin-built Valiant-winged Javelin with a Buccaneer bomb bay?
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I am very disappointed you have gone to a “pay-only” operating plan, as it insures I will never have access to any of the material on your site. I simply don’t have spare money for these.
Nor will I be referring others, as I did in the past.
Your loss.
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April 27, 2012 at 5:55 am