tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post1759570837135499702..comments2024-03-26T22:05:12.894+00:00Comments on Bear Alley: L. Ashwell Wood: Behind the Scenes part 6Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-76469404631748363952011-09-21T22:23:58.695+01:002011-09-21T22:23:58.695+01:00For Mike: the single Antonov An-225 Mriya (NATO co...For Mike: the single Antonov An-225 Mriya (NATO codename Cossack) that was built was the Soviet equivalent of NASA's Boeing 747 jumbo jet Shuttle Carrier Aircraft used, as the name suggests, for transporting the Buran shuttle betweeen locations rather than as first stage to get it into orbit. I had the chance to see this remarkable aircraft fly at the Farnborough airshow in 1990 and it does Jeremy Briggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05981998594176878804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-9051762063649209982011-09-18T16:44:28.126+01:002011-09-18T16:44:28.126+01:00The Russians had an idea for a space shuttle that ...The Russians had an idea for a space shuttle that would be carried to high altitude by plane and then be launched from there. However the collapse of the Soviet Union halted development and then the collapse of it's hangar destroyed the actual shuttle. It had only made one unmanned flight, launched from the ground by rockets.<br />They did build two of the plane supposed to carry it though, Mikehttp://blog.crystal-knights.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-36148903482906656692011-09-18T14:03:20.129+01:002011-09-18T14:03:20.129+01:00A marvelously informative article Jeremy!
Inciden...A marvelously informative article Jeremy!<br /><br />Incidentally, have you ever come across the wonderfully-named 'Dyna-Soar'spaceplane project? Offhand I can't remember if <i>Eagle</i> ever featured it in a cutaway drawing but I'm sure I saw some artist's impressions of it as early as the late 1950s! This visionary craft really captured my imagination as a child and it'sPhil Rushtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11115717268103349676noreply@blogger.com