Looking up LTV brought me to the Scalemates site and I was amazed just how many LTV-based planes there were/are!
https://www.scalemates.com/search.php?fkSECTION%5B%5D=All&q=LTV*
Are LTV a company you're aware of readers?
Looking up LTV brought me to the Scalemates site and I was amazed just how many LTV-based planes there were/are!
https://www.scalemates.com/search.php?fkSECTION%5B%5D=All&q=LTV*
Are LTV a company you're aware of readers?
In the world of aircraft, Ling Temco Vought is a well known name. It is the successor company to Vought, who built such types as the F4U Corsair fighter, and many other famous naval types. They mostly built carrier-based aircraft. The most famous LTV design (rather than Vought) would be the A-7 Corsair II light attack jet.
ReplyDeleteHave a look at the Vought V-173 and XF5U of WW2 - they were Flying Saucers before the term had been invented.
Also, the spelling is Vought, not Voight. But the letter identifying the company in aircraft designations was U, because V was already taken.
Great knowledge Paul! Who would have thought that their Nuclear Ferry concept would become a huge Project SWORD toy! Before that it also became a fabulous painting by the famous US NASA space artist Bob McCall. Very early on the blog back in 2009 an aging Bob McCall was introduced to the toy version of the Ferry and the box art based on his very own painting! It was an amazing meeting brought about by space book publisher Rob Godwin and a high point here on MC.
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