Yeah, that's one of the many reasons I really like Atomic Age Military X-Projects. = So many REALLY incredible equipment designs came out for all branches of the service. Granted, like these that never left the drawing board (the 1186c purely due to politics!), many made it to the prototype stage simply because they didn't have computers to tell them such&such would never work. So once they got past the slide-rules and "windtunnel models" the only way to find out for sure was to build it. Some worked. Some . . . Not So Much. Still, = TONS of fuel for my warped AH/SF-F greymatter! --- I just wish that there was more reliable sources for some of these projects than what you can find online. Though no little of intel on many are (believe-it-or-not) still not available to the public for a host of odd reasons.
BTW -- Did ya look into the USS UNITED STATES CVA-58 ("A" for Atomic or Attack or both???) Super Carrier that the 1186C was designed for? = Pretty Darn Interesting! (Damn jealous interfering FlyBoys anyway! = POLITICS!) Wiki and NavSource Online are both good. But again a modelers page gives a better idea of the finished ship and even includes 1186Cs on his flightdeck!?
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Dan G
Dan G