Here's the AFTI gracing the cover of the German flight magazine Luftfahrt International in 1978.
This Seventies plane stripped-down concept had so many Anderson chops its untrue. There's some Thunderbirds Wombat in there
and especially a bit of Triang SpaceX's fabled Salvage Craft too!
You can even get a model AFTI on Shapeways!
and maybe even still this miniature Salvage Craft from the old Ravenstar Studios, although I'm unsure of they're still around
Have you got any of these models?
What a beautiful design concept, and yes indeed that design made quite a splash in the Supermarionation universe! SF_Z
ReplyDeleteThere were any number of wingless aerodynes:
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http://www.rexresearch.com/wingless/wingless.htm
Secret Projects Forum has lots of them