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Tremulis Zero Fighter (1944) |
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ABOUT THE DESIGN: | ABOUT THE MODEL: | |
Alex S. Tremulis is best
known as an automotive designer. However, he enlisted in the Army
following Pearl Harbor and, in 1944, joined the Army Air Corps' R&D team
at Wright Field outside Dayton, Ohio, to design advanced concept aircraft.
One of these, dubbed the "Zero Fighter," was a rocket-powered vertical
take-off fighter intended to operate at extreme altitudes. Tremulis envisioned a one-man rocket plane launched atop a liquid-fueled booster. (This was before the Allies were aware of Germany's V-2.) The booster would propel the fighter on a sub-orbital or even orbital trajectory. Upon completion of the mission, the swept-winged aircraft would glide back to earth and land like a conventional airplane. Although the Zero Fighter never made it beyond the design stage, many of its concepts helped the Air Force develop the X-20 Dyna-Soar 15 years later. |
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Tremulis Zero Fighter - What You Get |
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Alex Tremulis' Original Concept Art |
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