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stills from “..a Russian film showing a space rocket being launched from an aircraft, 1957” (via and via)

“Quartet of fleet F-94 all weather jet fighters leaving foaming white wake as they maneuver high over Thule Air Base. (Photo by George Silk//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)

the Leduc 0.21, 1953 (via)

the Heinkel VJ 101A6 tiltjet concept - designed to meet the requirements of West Germany’s Bundesministerium der Verteidigung (BMVg, “Ministry of Defense”) for a high-altitude supersonic fighter-interceptor in 1957.

(via, other concepts can be viewed via the AIAA V/STOL archives)

the Focke-Wulf Fw 860 tailsitter concept - designed to meet the requirements of West Germany’s Bundesministerium der Verteidigung (BMVg, “Ministry of Defense”) for a high-altitude supersonic fighter-interceptor in 1957.

image via the legendary Josef Gatial, diagram via the AIAA V/STOL archives

(see also: The Grumman Nutcracker)

the Messerschmitt Me X1-21 tailsitter concept - designed to meet the requirements of West Germany’s Bundesministerium der Verteidigung (BMVg, “Ministry of Defense”) for a high-altitude supersonic fighter-interceptor in 1957.

(via, other concepts can be viewed via the AIAA V/STOL archives)

the Dornier Do 29 experimental short takeoff and landing aircraft, circa 1958 (via)

the DINFIA IA 38 Argentine four-engine experimental flying-wing transport, circa 1960 (via)

the FMA I.Ae. 37 Argentine prototype jet fighter - designed by Reimar Horten - circa 1954 (via)

the FMA I.Ae. 36 “Condor II” - designed by Kurt Tank - circa 1950. An Argentine airliner concept consisting of five enclosed Rolls Royce turbojet engines (via)

the FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II (Arrow) Argentine jet fighter prototype - designed by Kurt Tank - circa 1950 (via)

sunday fantasy # 390: The Marvel Family #83, 1953 (via)

the Martin XP6M-1 SeaMaster, circa 1955 (via)

the Convair XF2Y Sea Dart (via the San Diego Air & Space Museum Archive on Flickr)

the Convair XF2Y Sea Dart (via the San Diego Air & Space Museum Archive on Flickr)