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BLOHM & VOSS projects
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johnbr said:
it's identified as Materiel Division Design 361. The caption reported a wingspan of 122 feet and a gross weight of 83,000 pounds. Power was to be provided by four R-2800s. One of the things I find most fascinating is the seeming permeability between the drafting boards of the Materiel Division/Command and the vendors...it's not always clear who was drawing from whom. View attachment 541278
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That's the Martin 145 which was designated the XB-16. It lost out to the Boeing B-15.
 
This adorable little two-seat monoplane was the brainchild of czech designer Jaroslav Šlechta. of all-wooden construction the prototype made its maiden flight in 1934. The design was powered by and heretoclite variety of engines ranging in power from 40-74hp. The "Air Baby" saw extensive production, both before and after WW2. It was also built under licence in UK by F. Hills & Sons which produced 40 of the circa 270 manufactured. Production ended in 1948.
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Cute as the E.114 this neat cutaway. The lower-powered of the bunch (40hp Praga B) and its kinda cool its raised centre leading edge cockpit access.
 
Former professional baseball player Alfred W. Lawson loved things BIG. And huge was indeed his 12-engined super airliner project. Around 125 cramped passengers were envisaged; Lawson's company claimed its high density arrangement would had made it more profitable than railroad trains. This photo is deceitful, the airliner's high density was not achieved with a two decks cabin, but with laudable single "double tier cabin." This photo was taken at the Lawson Aircraft Co factory, Garewood, N.J (1927). The aircraft was not completed. Massive and wonderful yet not very advanced. The design was overtaken by its sheer size and engineering problems
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