Stroop “X-Wing” Convertible Speed Planes (1935-9)

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Apr 192012
 
Stroop "X-Wing" Convertible Speed Planes (1935-9)

Robert C. Stroop is one of the many obscure Depression-era aeronautical inventors who created innovative if somewhat impractical designs that, for various reasons, never saw their full potential. The author has unable to uncover much about the background of Mr. Stroop apart from a few interesting facts. In surviving correspondence with the Army Air Corps, [...]

Scherrer Jet Propulsion Airplane Proposal (1943)

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Mar 302012
 
Scherrer Jet Propulsion Airplane Proposal (1943)

Avid students of the history of jet propulsion may be aware of “Jake’s Jeep,” a ducted-fan engine similar to the Campini design that was developed at NACA Langley by Eastman Jacobs and Albert E. Sherman from 1941 to 1943 before being abandoned in favor of superior turbojet technology imported from England. Even a dedicated research [...]