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1. An alternate configuration for the lightweight fighter dated 13 August 1971.


2. Configuration 300-B for an advanced tactical fighter had variable wings and six engines. These early ATF studies emphasized short-field operations. Drawing dated 10 December 1964.


3. Configuration 506 for an advanced tactical fighter had variable wings and six engines (two for thrust and four for vertical lift). These early ATF studies emphasized short-field operations. Drawing dated 20 January 1965.


4. This design for an enlarged F-111 variant was fourteen feet longer than a standard F-111. The lower bulge provided space for a rotating weapon pallet. The drawing is dated 4 March 1970.


5. Drawing of F-16 SCAMP Model 400-1. Dated September - December 1978. SCAMP stood for supersonic cruise and manuever prototype. The design led to the F-16XL.


6. Jiminy Cricket was a General Dynamics design concept for an advanced tactical fighter that featured a multiple-engine vertical lift system and variable-sweep wings. The design had two main lift-cruise engines that provided thrust for lift and for up-and-away flight. It had four auxiliary engines mounted near vertically that provided lift for takeoffs and landings. The aircraft had both short and vertical takeoff capability, depending on the size of the engines. Configuration 508A, shown here, was drawn in April 1965. An artist sketch of Jiminy Cricket can be found in the first part of the F-22 design evolution article found in the Featured Articles section of this website.


7. The Lockheed L-225 design concept was the company’s second look at a bomber powered by a small nuclear reactor. Although no engineering reports could be found on this design, which dates back to roughly 1951, dozens of original drawings showing twenty-seven iterations of the basic layout were discovered. Each of the iterations shows the aircraft capable of carrying two missiles, rather than being strictly a bomber. The L-225, had it been built, would have been powered by four nuclear-fueled engines.


8. Configuration 102 for an advanced tactical fighter. These early ATF studies emphasized short-field operations. Drawing dated 18 August 1964.


9. Overview of short takeoff and landing derivatives of the F-111. Drawing dated 13 December 1964.


10. Engineers at General Dynamics in Fort Worth planned to use the B-58 Hustler to test the nacelle design for the advanced manned strategic aircraft, or AMSA. The AMSA program was a precursor to what became the B-1 bomber. Drawing is dated 11 April 1969.


11. Subsonic design for B-1. Drawing dated 15 January 1970.


12. Configuration study for a remote piloted vehicle. Drawing dated 9 October 1970.


13. An alternate twin-tail configuration for the lightweight fighter dated 6 April 1971. Note the side-hinged canopy.


14. Configuration 503 was part of the design studies that led to the YF-16. Drawing dated 20 January 1972.


15. HV-1 was a propane-powered Mach 6 manned parasite that was to be launched from the underside of a B-58. Drawing circa January 1964