dynasoar_v_bw_o_n (TITAN III "C" W/X-20A, McCall)
Striking early Robert McCall (and ‘Anonymous') artwork, depicting a steely-eyed, square-jawed USAF “astro-pilot”, and his air/spacecraft in the background...the X-20A Dynasoar - get this - atop its Titan III-C booster...not the commonly depicted Titan I.
I don’t recall ever seeing any Dynasoar concept art featuring this configuration on the pad.
Alas, none of this ever came to be. If it had, we’d currently possess the capability to marginalize, neutralize and/or eliminate the Avangard "threat". It’s probably BS anyhow, but...
Again, note the differences in launch vehicle between the posted photo, and that of the links below. Obviously, this is a latter configuration of the launch vehicle. Also obvious is that the ‘upgrade’ to the Titan III-C was either done hurriedly and/or by someone less talented than Mr. McCall:
Very informative:
www.friends-partners.org/mwade/craft/dynasoar.htm
Credit: Astronautix website
space.stackexchange.com/questions/20733/who-are-the-space...
AWESOME:
Credit: Space Exploration Stack Exchange website/imgur
Along with all of the following variations, Mr. McCall seems to have exercised his artistic license on the Army Air Forces/Air Force insignia derivative on the pilot’s helmet:
www.angelfire.com/md2/patches/variations/var3aaf.html
Credit: Dr. Howard G. Lanham/angelfire
dynasoar_v_bw_o_n (TITAN III "C" W/X-20A, McCall)
Striking early Robert McCall (and ‘Anonymous') artwork, depicting a steely-eyed, square-jawed USAF “astro-pilot”, and his air/spacecraft in the background...the X-20A Dynasoar - get this - atop its Titan III-C booster...not the commonly depicted Titan I.
I don’t recall ever seeing any Dynasoar concept art featuring this configuration on the pad.
Alas, none of this ever came to be. If it had, we’d currently possess the capability to marginalize, neutralize and/or eliminate the Avangard "threat". It’s probably BS anyhow, but...
Again, note the differences in launch vehicle between the posted photo, and that of the links below. Obviously, this is a latter configuration of the launch vehicle. Also obvious is that the ‘upgrade’ to the Titan III-C was either done hurriedly and/or by someone less talented than Mr. McCall:
Very informative:
www.friends-partners.org/mwade/craft/dynasoar.htm
Credit: Astronautix website
space.stackexchange.com/questions/20733/who-are-the-space...
AWESOME:
Credit: Space Exploration Stack Exchange website/imgur
Along with all of the following variations, Mr. McCall seems to have exercised his artistic license on the Army Air Forces/Air Force insignia derivative on the pilot’s helmet:
www.angelfire.com/md2/patches/variations/var3aaf.html
Credit: Dr. Howard G. Lanham/angelfire