{"product_id":"cold-war-aircraft-canceled-projects","title":"Cold War Aircraft: Canceled Projects","description":"COLD WAR AIRCRAFT: CANCELED PROJECTS Printed in Black \u0026amp; White\n\nThe Cold War era is generally described as starting in 1947, two years after the end of World War II and lasting to 1991, the fall of the Soviet Union. It can be argued that the cold war never ended, or that we are currently in Cold War II. Nevertheless, there were some significant advances in aviation during that time and many great ideas. Unfortunately, some ideas never panned out and many designs never made it to the prototype stage. Included here are those military aircraft that made it to the hardware phase, some actually took flight.\nSome of the aircraft here began design before 1947 and flew between 1947 and 1991. Some are legendary, but many are forgotten. It’s amazing how many were designed for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL).\nA quick review of the aircraft reveals the various reasons projects were canceled.\n\nMoney – Let’s face it, it is expensive designing and building a new aircraft (and there is always the logistics, training and maintenance tail to consider).\nTechnology – Many of the aircraft demonstrated revolutionary designs and sometimes the technology had not evolved to allow building a practical - and affordable aircraft.\nMaterials – Sometimes materials of the era just could not stand up the requirements.\nPolitics – This one tends to be directly related to money.\nStrategy – What’s the point of building a new bomber when ballistic missiles can do the job?\nLack of Interest – Why develop a new concept design if there is no market?\nToo Difficult to Fly – Generally called a “Widowmaker”.\nDownright Ugly – No matter how well the aircraft performs, nobody wants to fly a dog.\nExperimental Only – Some aircraft were built to advance the state of the art and were not intended to go into full production, even if they were successful.\n\nBelow is a partial list of the \"Hangar Queens\":\n\nAmerican Helicopter XH-26 “Jet Jeep” (1951)\nAvro Canada CF-105 “Arrow” (1955)\nAvro Canada VZ-9 “Avrocar” (1959)\nBAC TSR-2 (1955)\nBartini A-57 (1955)\nBell X-16 (1953)\nBell X-22 (1966)\nBensen B-12 “Sky-Way” (1961)\nBoeing YC-14 AMST (1972)\nBoeing B-54 (1947)\nBoeing X-20 “Dyna-Soar” (1957)\nBoeing Model 853-21 “Quiet Bird” (1962)\nBréguet 960 “Vultur” (1951)\nCollins X-112 (1963)\nConvair Model 23A (1955)\nConvair Model 48 “Charger” (1960s)\nConvair R3Y “Tradewind” (1950)\nConvair XF-92 (1948)\nConvair XFY “Pogo” (1954)\nDornier Do 31 (1967)\nEWR VJ 101 (1963)\nFMA SAIA 90 (1980s)\nGulfstream “Peregrine 600” (1981)\nIAI Lavi (1986)\nIlyushin Il-40 “Brawny” (1953)\nIlyushin Il-54 “Blowlamp” (1955)\nLeduc 022 (1950’s)\nLippisch P 13a (1944)\nLockheed CL-1201 (1960’s)\nLockheed L-133 “Starjet” (1942)\nLockheed XFV-1 “Salmon” (1954)\nLockheed XV-4 “Hummingbird” (1962)\nLTV XC-142 V\/STOL (1964)\nMartin P6M “SeaMaster” (1958)\nMartin XB-51 (1949)\nMcDonnell XF-85 “Goblin” (1948)\nMikoyan-Gurevich Ye-8 (1960)\nMikoyan-Gurevich Ye-150 (1959)\nMiles M.52 (1943)\nMorane-Saulnier MS.1500 “Epervier” (1958)\nMyasishchev M-50 “Bounder” (1959)\nMyasishchev M-60 (1959)\nNorth American XA2J “Super Savage” (1947)\nNorth American XB-70 “Valkyrie” (1964)\nNorthrop M2-F2 Lifting Body (1966)\nNorthrop YA-9 (1972)\nNorthrop YF-17 “Cobra” (1974)\nPiasecki VZ-8 “Airgeep” (1958)\nRepublic Aviation AP-100 VTOL (1961)\nRockwell XFV-12 (1977)\nRyan X-13 “Vertijet” (1956)\nSaunders-Roe SR.A\/1 (1947)\nSaunders-Roe SR.53 (1957)\nSaunders-Roe SR.177 (1955)\nShort “Seamew” (1953)\nSNCASO SO.4000 (1951)\nSukhoi T-49 (1957)\nSupermarine 525 (1954)\nTupolev Tu-91 “Boot” (1955)\nTupolev Tu-98 “Backfin” (1956)\nYakovlev Yak-26 (1956)\nYakovlev Yak-33 (1960’s\nYakovlev Yak-36 (1960)\nYakovlev Yak-45 (1973-1974)\nYakovlev Yak-141 “Freestyle” (1987)\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0D57H847T\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: LFV.B0D57H847T.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Ayala, Luis\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book is in very good condition.  Clean with little to no signs of wear or markings highlights.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Books for Life","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46097736302789,"sku":"LFV.B0D57H847T.VG","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/2914\/4773\/files\/B0D57H847T-0.jpg?v=1776532484","url":"https:\/\/www.booksforlife.store\/products\/cold-war-aircraft-canceled-projects","provider":"Books for Life","version":"1.0","type":"link"}