The United States explored the concept of the Lockheed CL-1201, an enormous nuclear powered aircraft designed to function like a flying aircraft carrier. The proposed machine would have carried ...
Lockheed’s CL-1201 was an extraordinary Cold War concept for a nuclear powered aircraft so large it could carry fighters, missiles, troops, and vast amounts of cargo across the world without refueling ...
Flying aircraft carriers were not just the dreams of the writers of Doctor Who and Marvel’s The Avengers. They were a real concept created by the United States at the height of the Cold War. Back in ...