from “Nuclear-powered aircraft” (“Применение атомных двигателей в авиации”), published in 1957, by G. Nesterenko, A. Sobolev, and Yu. Sushkov.
Fig. 54: “Shadowing” for protection of passengers and crew.
Fig. 55: Passenger nuclear aircraft (“duck”-type)
Fig. 63: A variant of nuclear aircraft with reliable and complete radiation protection
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(Kindly submitted by Mr Alexey Mahotkin - immense thanks.)
has an strong similarity to “Fireflash” in Thunderbirds...which was also a nuclear powered...
The second one reminds me a lot...the GAF-1 Varcolac. I wonder if that’s where Project...
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