Fireflash

[DogTailRed2]

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Okay, so the Fireflash was fictitious but I'm curious, was there ever any real world aircraft designs that had or considered passenger seating within the wings?

[Chairborne 09.00hrs]

I think one of the Dornier flying boats of the 1930s did.

[HOVIS]

Didn't Boeing's Blended Wing concept have pax in the wings?

[Self loading bear]

US experimental glider XCG-16

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[Self loading bear]

Junkers G-38

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[Sue Vêtements]

Damn! Finally a question I could have answered - if you hadn't got there first :(

I was just reading about the G-38 last week

So I'll go with . . . the second G-38 (D-2500)



but wait, what about that American twin with pusher engines and a gun position built into the froint of the nacelle? Not exactly passengers obviously, but then again not not passengers either

[treadigraph]

what about that American twin with pusher engines and a gun position built into the froint of the nacelle?

Bell Airacuda.

[WHBM]

Fireflash always reminded me a bit of the somewhat contemporary (with the programme) Super VC-10.

[brakedwell]

I would hate to think of the nose down pressure when full powere was applied'

[DogTailRed2]

Fireflash always reminded me a bit of the somewhat contemporary (with the programme) Super VC-10.
I guess model makers just cannot overcome real world influences when designing sci-fi vehicles. Thunderbird 2 has wings that look suspiciously conventional.

[bingofuel]

If I remember correctly, the flight deck was in the vertical stabiliser so they would see the pitch down quite well…………..

[bobward]

Wasn't the original Fireflash a beam rider air-to-air missile tested on the Swift F7?

[WHBM]

I guess model makers just cannot overcome real world influences when designing sci-fi vehicles. Thunderbird 2 has wings that look suspiciously conventional.
... and an unconventional 'bridge' tailplane taken straight from the De Havilland Sea Vixen of the era :)

[Sleeve Wing]

Bobward.

Yep, Fairey Fireflash AAM. 1956. Fitted Swift and Hunter.
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Thank you. ©Wikipedia.

[FlightlessParrot]

I would hate to think of the nose down pressure when full powere was applied'
You would think they would have learned from the Tarrant Tabor.

[BEagle]

The Fireflash was flown on trails Meteor NF11 and the No 1 Guided Weapons Development Squadron Swift F7s at RAF Valley. The Hunter-derived P1109B was used for Firestreak missile tests, not for Fireflash tests.