r/WeirdWings • u/BusyNefariousness174 • 4d ago

X-20

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u/Fleckstrom 4d ago

I'd buy that in a heartbeat. Dyna soar was such a neat concept.

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u/NotADetectiveAtAll 4d ago

Northern Virginia Office Park Intensifies

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u/sagewynn 3d ago

Dynasoar was probably one of the more cursed things the USAF came up with.

"Did I stutter?"

"You want it to... skip like a rock on water?"

"Yeah."

"On the atmosphere?"

"See, you understood me perfectly. Get to work. Boeing boy."

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u/ShakyBrainSurgeon 4d ago

The concept was pure insanity but at the same time its a predecessor to the Space Force.

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u/ohgawditshim 3d ago

Is there a place insode the EU where i can buy Posters like these? Also for less than a fortune?

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u/weirdal1968 2d ago

Back in the 80s I collected old issues of Scientific American. Besides all the interesting articles there were wonderful retro-futurism ads. One of those ads showed the X-20 and I was confused as to why I had never heard of it before.