New book on Unbuilt US Bomber projects

Scott Lowther, the creator of APR (Aerospace Projects Review), has released a 39 page preview PDF of his forthcoming "magnum opus" on US Bomber Projects.

Documented are 15 designs:

Submarine-launched "Project Pluto" (small nuclear ramjet vehicle)
Douglas Model 1064 flying wing (strategic bomber)
Douglas Model 1186A multi-stage aircraft (X-3-derived bomber)
The "NASA logo bomber" (the source of the "swoop")
12-meter Orion Nuclear Pulse Vehicle (cis-lunar doomsday weapon)
Orbital Sciences X-42 (modern "reusable ICBM" first stage)
Boeing Model 448 (early stage in B-47 development)
Douglas MX-2091 (subsonic small missile carrier)
Martin Model 329 C-1 (supersonic seaplane)
Convair WS-110A Two-Stage Aircraft (subsonic tow plane, Mach 3 bomber)
Lockheed NEPA (early giant nuclear-powered design)
North American D436-21 (early AMSA/ B-1 design)
Boeing Model 813 (two stage hypersonic cruise bomber)
Lockheed CL-292-6 (nuclear-powered missile carrier/airborne DEW line/aircraft carrier)
Northrop Quiet Supersonic Platform (low sonic boom strike plane)

Scott's only asking $8, and any proceeds will go towards the costs of additional research on the Bombers Book.

I've bought a copy, and its very interesting stuff.


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Thanks. Nice stuff indeed.

Looks good, but one are amiss IMHO.

Submarine-launched "Project Pluto" (small nuclear ramjet vehicle)

Project Pluto which was indeed a nuclear powered ramjet was far to big to be launched from a submarine. It was a large weapon system that could travel at Mach 3 at sealevel and spewed a radiation trail that was deadly. They actually got the reactors mocked up and teated on smaller scales before they pulled the plug on the project

No, overscan is right. There were two navy Pluto proposals. One for Regulus II submarines (described in this USBP preview) and second air-launched from modified P6M Seamaster.

These 15 selected projects are something about what I am sure that you did not see till now!

And if you like colour profiles by me and Sentinel Chicken, you know what you need. ;-)