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Rockwell International XFV-12A V/STOL Technology Prototype.
Booklet dated approx 1975. PDF 6 Pages.
File Size: 4.2 MB
Added 20-12-2021.

GAF Jindivik Weapons Target.
Booklet dated approx 1965. PDF 4 Pages.
File Size: 1.5 MB
Added 20-12-2021.

This month's extras includes a promotional booklet of the flawed XFV-12A from the mid 1970's, and a very brief overview of the Australian Government Aircraft Factory "Jindivik" target drone. The VTOL XFV-12A for the U.S. Navy was ultimately incapable of demonstrating the Thrust Augmented Wing (TAW) concept and was promptly forgotten. Whilst the "Jindivik" found greater success in use with the Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm, and the Royal Air Force up to the late 1990's and early 2000's.

Aerion Corporation SBJ.
Booklet dated October 2010. PDF 2 Pages.
File Size: >1 MB
Added 13-12-2021.

McDonnell HORNET Strike Fighter.
PDF 2 Pages.
File Size: 4.2 MB
Added 13-12-2021.

The Aerion SBJ (Supersonic Business Jet) was the conceptual predecessor of the corporation's planned AS2 that followed from 2014. Despite establishing impressive technical credentials and high-level industry partnerships a combination of uncertain economic conditions and financial issues led the abrupt demise of the coroporation in mid 2021 - without producing the AS2. Also, an early promotional pamphlet circa 1980 of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Strike Fighter.

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