I’m finally getting closer regarding my search for the Boeing model 908 and Vought V-1100 …. at the F16net.forum I’ve heard that in this book:
AeroFax AeroGraph No.1 von Jay Miller (ISBN 0-942548-01-9)
… there’s not only a picture of a model of Boeing’s model 908 and a report an Vought’s V-1100 and V-1600/1601 the proposed Navy-Version (single and twin seat versions) !!!
“Aerofax AeroGraph no.1 by Jay Miller has drawings of Vought’s LWF proposal, the V-1100 (p.16) and a photo of a model of Boeing’s LWF proposal, the Model 908 (p.19). The V-1100 looks like an F-8 Crusader with a longer nose and the intake lip moved back. Boeing’s 908 looks amazingly like an F-16, with a bubble canopy, strakes along the fwd fuselage, a similar wing and tail planform. The main difference is the 908 has a more round rear fuselage instead of the extended ‘side pods’ of the F-16.
This book also has a chapter on the Vought V-1600, the Navy version of the LWF. If the contract had been let, Vought would have built the naval version of the F-16. Imagine an F-16 with strengthened landing gear, twin nose wheels, catapult bar, arresting hook, refueling probe and built-in boarding ladder. The two-seat V-1601 had a raised rear cockpit, with the back-seater’s knees at the same elevation as the front-seater’s head. The V-1601 front canopy hinged at the front and the rear canopy hinged at the rear. The navalized F-16 was forced upon the Navyand they fought the program until they finally killed it.
So …. does anyone possesses this “very rare” book – at Amazon it’s listed for 42 $ as a used issue – and would be so kind to scan and post it here ???!!!
THANKS a lot , Deino
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