STSprog (VIRTUS) v_bw_o_n (ca. 1974, unnumbered poss. Furman Assoc. Inc.,Turbo-Three Corp. promo photo)
“The “VIRTUS”
A special purpose transport aircraft designed to airlift the NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter and External Tank.”
Although oddly cool & exotic looking, it also looks like a catastrophe waiting to happen. And, for something that never came to fruition, there’s plenty to be found regarding it.
Maybe there’s an H-4 Hercules/Spruce Goose sort of thing to it, which actually flew…a little bit…once. And, for context, the H-4 had a wingspan of 320 ft.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conroy_Virtus
Credit: Wikipedia
And:
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19740000770/downloads/1974000...
STSprog (VIRTUS) v_bw_o_n (ca. 1974, unnumbered poss. Furman Assoc. Inc.,Turbo-Three Corp. promo photo)
“The “VIRTUS”
A special purpose transport aircraft designed to airlift the NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter and External Tank.”
Although oddly cool & exotic looking, it also looks like a catastrophe waiting to happen. And, for something that never came to fruition, there’s plenty to be found regarding it.
Maybe there’s an H-4 Hercules/Spruce Goose sort of thing to it, which actually flew…a little bit…once. And, for context, the H-4 had a wingspan of 320 ft.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conroy_Virtus
Credit: Wikipedia
And:
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19740000770/downloads/1974000...