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Aviation History
1951
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428 FLIGHT, 13 April 1951 Seen at the moment of release from a Consolidated-Vultee Privateer of the U.S. Navy is a Bat radio-controlled glider bomb, now obsolete. (Left) A North American Nativ supersonic research missile is shown here during preparations for its launch from a special tower. Below is a sectioned model of a typical American guided missile, built by Boeing's guided missile unit. To what degree the model resembles the Boeing CAPA missiles has not been disclosed. MISSILES FOR VARIOUS OCCASIONS American Development Exemplified in Photographs of Five Types for Military and Research Purposes The first of the views below is of a Ryan Firebird air-to-air homing missile as it appears after launching, with booster rocket firing next, after jettisoning the booster rocket; and third, two Firebirds installed under the wing of a North American Twin Mustang long-range fighter. The Convair Lark ship-to-air missile (XSAM-N-A) is seen at rest in the third of the views below. In the two preceding views it is seen leaving its launching ramp and shedding its twin-rocket booster assembly. The first launch was late in 1947.
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