Strange and Interesting Projects

Strange and Interesting Projects
Airplanes that Set World Speed Records
The previous record was set by a
Gloster Meteor on September 7, 1946
at 615.8 mph.
Lockheed P-80R with Allison J33-A-19
Max Speed: 623.8 mph
Record Set on June 19, 1947
Douglas D-558-1 with Allison J35
Max Speed: 650.6 mph
Record Set on August 25, 1947
F-80 Used for Ramjet Testing
Wing-Tip Coupling Experiments
Boeing B-29 with two Republic F-84s
Republic F-84 Launch
Northrop XB-49 Flying Wing
Vertical Takeoff by Convair Pogo
Supersonic Propellers
McDonnell XF-88B with an Allison T38
Top View
Side View
Republic XF-84H with an Allison T40
Afterburning T40 Turboprop
C-130 Carrier Operations
Fulton Recovery
Energy Depot
Energy Depot - Ammonia Plant
Energy Depot Military Usage
Navy
Army
Mobile Compact Reactor
(or Energy Depot) - 1963
Ammonia Fueled Engines
Piston Engine
Regenerative Turboshaft Engine
Rockets and the Space Program
Allison Rocket Tanks
Allison Rocket Ad
- September 1963
Minuteman Case on a Welding Machine 1957 - 1965
Allison
Tanks
Minuteman
First Stage
Titan IIIC Apollo CSM Apollo Lunar
Lander Fuel
Injectant
Oxidizer
Apollo Command & Service Modules
Allison Delivered 142 CSM Tanks
64 Were Flown
All burned up in the Earth’s
atmosphere on re-entry.
Lunar Excursion
Module
Allison Delivered 82 LEM Tanks
36 Were Flown
28 Were Left on the Moon
Of the 28, 4 Were in a Crashed LEM
Fresnel Mirror
Eros Mirror with SNAP-10A
Thermoelectric Converter
Folded
Unfolded
Hydrogen Peroxide Rocket
Rocket Engine As a Gust Simulator
This rocket produced between
50 and 200 pounds of thrust.
Corvair
Bonneville