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North American F-108 Rapier (Hypothetical prototype rollout colors)

Posted 10-01-2007 at 12:23 AM by Sentinel Chicken (The Chicken Works: The Aviation Art of JP Santiago)

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North American F-108 Rapier | Hypothetical prototype roll out colors | 1961

Canceled before being built amidst doubts of the Soviet bomber threat, the Rapier was a powerful Mach 3 interceptor that shared many of the same systems as the XB-70 Valkyrie.
Depicts the Rapier as the prototype might have looked had it been built and rolled out circa 1961 from North American's Palmdale facility.

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American 175 Heavy, cleared for takeoff, 18L, RNAV to BPARK

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Trans-Texas Airways DC-9-14 "Ship One"

Posted 10-01-2007 at 01:12 PM by Sentinel Chicken (The Chicken Works: The Aviation Art of JP Santiago)

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Trans-Texas Airways | Douglas DC-9-14 | N1301T "Ship One" | September 1966

Depicts Trans-Texas' first pure jet which also happened to be the former DC-9 prototype N9DC "Ship One".
Delivered to Trans-Texas at their Houston Hobby base in September 1966.
Preview images: Whole print | Text of the historical vignette | Engine nacelle details | Nose section | Tail

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American 175 Heavy, cleared for takeoff, 18L, RNAV to BPARK

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Boeing BWB-250 (Aerospace Projects Review- eAPR)

Posted 12-01-2007 at 11:02 PM by Sentinel Chicken (The Chicken Works: The Aviation Art of JP Santiago)

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The next issue of Scott Lowther's Aerospace Projects Review/electronic version (eAPR) is out and eVolume 1, Number 3 features an outstanding review of blended wing body designs since the Second World War with a focus on the work done by McDonnell Douglas and Boeing.

In Scott's own words:

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The primary article in this issue is on Blended Wing Bodies. This article covers designs from just after WWII until today, but largely focuses on the McDonnell-Douglas/Boeing efforts from recent

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American 175 Heavy, cleared for takeoff, 18L, RNAV to BPARK

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: The Lockheed L-2000 SST

Posted 03-10-2008 at 01:12 AM by Sentinel Chicken (The Chicken Works: The Aviation Art of JP Santiago)

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A while back I was digging through my digital archives came across my Lockheed SST renderings that I did back in 2002 when I was still using JASC Paint Shop Pro 7.0 and hadn't converted yet to the vastly better Adobe Illustrator 10.

American studies into a supersonic transport go back to the 1950s when various versions were proposed by Convair based on the B-58 Hustler. Things remained paper studies until John F. Kennedy moved plans ahead in July of 1961 with the formation of a presidential...

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