Atkinson Airplane: 1950

Atkinson Airplane: 1950

An ornamental design for an airplane by Jack R. Atkinson. Patent was awarded in 1950. Here is another view.
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Jack R. Atkinson

I worked with Jack back in the mid 60's in Marietta, Georgia and the Lockheed facility. We both worked on the design of the C-i4i Star lifter and the C-5A Galexy.
He was most interesting to be around. He had some of the best "war" stories I ever heard. I remember he had a few other pattents including a swing wing design similar to the Buck Rogers aircraft where only the wing tip swung back.