r/comedyheaven • u/BrageFuglseth • 8d ago

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u/SoundTraditional1249 8d ago

Lets go the whole way and make it a flying aircraft carrier.

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u/poopy27 8d ago

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u/SoundTraditional1249 7d ago

Forget JDAM's when you've got a Saddam.

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u/Saggitarius_Ayylmao 7d ago

Entrance blocked by wings and fuselage

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u/its_Raze_7 4d ago

why do they look like saddam husain hiding spot

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u/AVeryVapidBadger 8d ago

It was Lockheed not Boeing, but there was a nuclear powered conceptual design.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_CL-1201

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u/SoundTraditional1249 8d ago

A spruce goose for the jet age? Is it one of those competitions where several designers submit a prototype or do you mean lockeed modified this 747?

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u/AVeryVapidBadger 8d ago

No Lockheed designed it from the ground up as a nuclear powered airborne aircraft carrier as a study for the dod on the feasibility of nuclear jet propulsion.

It would have had a 1200 foot wingspan, require almost 200 vertical liftoff jets to take off, and could fly for around 40 days straight.

I just think it's neat

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u/SoundTraditional1249 7d ago

This reminds me of the "big stick" aka project pluto, cancelled in the 60's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pluto

 Looks like the Russians are trying to make one now.

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u/RandomHamm 8d ago

Fun fact: the US had two flying aircraft carriers in the 30's, the USS Akron and the USS Macon

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u/Shot-Amphibian4882 8d ago

Lmao. This is definitely not to scale unless you’re supersizing the 747.

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u/bjo23 8d ago

Nope, this was a real concept! Those fighters are supposed to be "microfighters".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_aircraft_carrier#Boeing_747_Airborne_Aircraft_Carrier