Re: B-58 "Hustler" launched Minuteman: APR Extra

From: Scott Lowther (scottlowther_at_ix.netcomSPAMBLOK.com)
Date: 12/23/04 

Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:14:40 GMT

Christopher M. Jones wrote:

> Pat Flannery wrote:
>
>> MattWriter wrote:
>>
>>> They looked at Minuteman as a strap-on booster for the Saturn V.
>>> Fortunately,
>>> it wasn't needed. The complexity would have been pretty nasty, one
>>> suspects.
>>
>>
>> You want to see another really odd thing they were thinking of
>> strapping under a Hustler?:
>> http://www.testpilot.ru/usa/convair/b/58/super/images/super_hustler_full_3.jpg
>
>
>
> In case anyone else is trying to figure out what this
> odd "Super Hustler" contraption is, I'll spill the beans:
> it's a partially expendable supersonic (Mach 4+) manned,
> ramjet powered bomber.

Recon plane, actually.

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