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In 1969 Lockheed produced one of the most unusual design studies in existence. The study sought to determine the potential uses and capabilities that the largest aircraft technically feasible using 1960’s era technology could offer the United States. The result was the Lockheed CL-1201, a nuclear-powered aircraft with an enormous 1,120 foot wingspan and a weight about fifteen times heavier than the next largest aircraft in existence. Although Lockheed’s concept is now widely known by aviation enthusiasts, Lockheed’s original study is nowhere to be found, having either been lost or destroyed. Currently, the best source of information about the CL-1201 is a paper published for the 1982 AIAA 2nd International Very Large Vehicles Conference which references several aspects of the original report.
The report outlines two variants of the CL-1201 studied. The first was an airborne aircraft carrier armed with 24 aircraft and long-range cruise missiles, and the second, a military transport capable of carrying up to 400 combat-equipped troops, 472 specialized crew, and over a thousand tons of mechanized equipment and supplies. Multiple CL-1201 aircraft would function in close coordination during combat use.
The project was more than just an exercise in conceptual engineering; it was a direct response to Cold War tensions of the time. The CL-1201 would offer the United States an unprecedented ability to respond to any crisis in a matter of hours, no matter the circumstances. Given the enormous engineering complexity and costs that would be involved, the CL-1201 never made it off the drawing board. But much of the design, and circumstances that prompted the study, are still a mystery.
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I remember the soviet false moon. Glad to see you did a video on it.
I no joke said to myself today, “it seems like we’re about due for a new Mustard video.” I look at the page and see this 😅 what a nice surprise
This is a very good concept…..!
S.H.I E.L.D. took over the project. Didn't you see the movie?
This is all rather silly. Where are you going to send such an aeronautic monstrosity? Very few airports are able to handle the A-380, which means that essentially zero airports could handle this thing.
This channel has such great quality of videos, I can't differentiate it from high budget documentaries from big companies.
Flying aircraft carriers sadly just dont work efficiently enough to be anything more then a blueprint
That's so beautiful
He is back
Oh my we almost got a real-life Ace Combat monolithic airship boss fight!
If the airforce had this I would join it
Song used at 0:37?
A huge dot on radar screen 😮
The idea could get a new chance as a drone carrier instead of jets with real pilots in a MUCH smaller, compact design.
The video gave off EXTREME levels of Democracy energy, EMINATING past that of HellDivers
Ooh, we sort of solved the wingtip vortices problem. That's what the little winlget thingies on modern airliners is for. Also boosts economy by a notable amount.
at this point, I'm rewatching just for the music
absolute jam
Does anyone know someone who knows FOIA requests?? We NEED to do a FOIA on this!!!
02:05 I'm not sure if this is a CGI recreation or an actual prop. But MASSIVE Kudos to the filmmaker regardless for starting this sequence – not with a computer – not with an early word processor – but with an actual vintage Microfiche Reader!! A piece of tech that would've been familiar to anyone in a major library of the time doing research! The last time I saw one of these in person was in the mid-1980s in a local community College library!
Man the 50s through 70s were crazy
If the renders are accurate, the plane would soon be called "grumpy" or "old frown"
Hey there, the artist AZZECCO that built heed CL-1201 who on ArtStation doesn't exist. How can I download these pictures?
Locksneed fartin
Well it's not a Spectrum Cloudbase….
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Cocaine is a hell of a drug