Aerospace Projects Review updates

The second-to-last issue of APR is out now... articles on the Convair
NX-2 nuclear-powered bomber, a NASA-Langley Mach4 passenger transport,
the NASA/Boeing "Spacejet" spaceplane concept, several high-speed
rotorcraft, the Martin Model 262 VTOL fighter and the Lockheed ICE
stealth fighter design. I'm in the process of a complete overhaul of all
my web pages... there are a LOT of dead links as yet, but I am tryign to
make the webpage a bit more user freindly as well as also providing a
bit more info on the designs, rather than just teasers.

The main APR webpage ( http://www.up-ship.com/apr/apr.htm ) hasn't
changed much, but the page on how to order the magazines has (
http://www.up-ship.com/apr/aprorder.htm ), as it now has links to each
individual issue. As yet, the individual issues aren't up and running
except for the current issue, which is at:
http://www.up-ship.com/apr/current.htm
This page is also not yet done (most of the effort has so far been in
formatting, not content), but it shows what I will eventually have for
all issues.

Constructive criticism welcome.

Scott,

Have you talked to anyone like Apogee Books about assembling an APR book? Just
wondering - would be a great contribution to history.


Matt Bille
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OPINIONS IN ALL POSTS ARE SOLELY THOSE OF THE AUTHOR

MattWriter wrote:

Scott,

Have you talked to anyone like Apogee Books about assembling an APR book? Just
wondering - would be a great contribution to history.




Yeah, he's dug up a lot of very odd designs that would make for a really
fun book.

Pat

MattWriter wrote:

Scott,

Have you talked to anyone like Apogee Books about assembling an APR book?


Something I'd like to do is re-work all the APR issues (make corrections
and additions and whatnot) and then re-release bound versions. I think
the proper size woudl be two years/Volumes at a time, leading to three
bound issues. That would also mean producing one more Volume of APR,
since I'm officially stopping at Volume 5.

However, the Apogee format is a bit small for my tastes. Something more
like the various Dennis Jenkins books, the ARA "Spaceship Handbook" or
the Saturn Press "Rockets of the World" would be preferable.

Scott Lowther wrote:



However, the Apogee format is a bit small for my tastes. Something
more like the various Dennis Jenkins books, the ARA "Spaceship
Handbook" or the Saturn Press "Rockets of the World" would be preferable.


That "Rockets Of The World"- although aimed at model rocket hobbyists-
is still _the_ place to go for information on sounding rockets.

Pat

On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 11:33:56 GMT, Scott Lowther
wrote:

However, the Apogee format is a bit small for my tastes. Something more
like the various Dennis Jenkins books, the ARA "Spaceship Handbook" or
the Saturn Press "Rockets of the World" would be preferable.

How's the spaceplane book going?
Still looking forward to that one.

(MattWriter) wrote


Scott,

Have you talked to anyone like Apogee Books about assembling an
APR book? Just wondering - would be a great contribution to history.


Seconded. Or a DVD(*). It would certainly be on my "things to get"
list.

(*) Preferably both. I love paper, but bits have their uses.

Allen Thomson wrote:

(MattWriter) wrote



Scott,



Have you talked to anyone like Apogee Books about assembling an
APR book? Just wondering - would be a great contribution to history.



Seconded. Or a DVD(*). It would certainly be on my "things to get"
list.

(*) Preferably both. I love paper, but bits have their uses.


Apart froma few gig of color scans and photos, I have little to offer
for inclusion on DVD. That's one of the down sides of focussing on
unbuilt projects... no videos of 'em zooming around.

Vaguely relevant: when i was first contacted by a publisher about doing
a "US Fighter Projects" book, it fell apart because he wanted a book
full of nice color photos.

On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 03:00:37 +0000, Scott Lowther wrote:

Allen Thomson wrote:

Have you talked to anyone like Apogee Books about assembling an
APR book? Just wondering - would be a great contribution to history.

(*) Preferably both. I love paper, but bits have their uses.

Apart froma few gig of color scans and photos, I have little to offer
for inclusion on DVD. That's one of the down sides of focussing on
unbuilt projects... no videos of 'em zooming around.

Don't dodge, Scott You know he's talking about the same thing I keep
asking for: an e-version of APR.

E-versions of the same issues you printed would be a _good_ thing.

As I've mentioned to you before *books* in electronic formats have their
uses, and their fans... and not just us visually impaired types.

People buy ebooks. People who pay money enough to keep the fledgling
e-book industry growing despite most major publishers dedicated efforts to
murder it in its cradle.

Hmmm... Baen Books is the wonder child of e-book publishing... I wonder if
"might-have-been" aerospace would interest them... At the very least you
should ask.

--
Chuck Stewart
"Anime-style catgirls: Threat? Menace? Or just studying algebra?"

Scott Lowther wrote:


Apart froma few gig of color scans and photos, I have little to offer
for inclusion on DVD. That's one of the down sides of focussing on
unbuilt projects... no videos of 'em zooming around.


Get that stuff that Discovery Wings had on Project Pluto...that's some
wonderful video.
By the way...hit the fission powered Wayback Machine, Mr. Peabody:
http://modelarchives.free.fr/archive...ane/index.html

Pat