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Find sources: "Lockheed CL-1201" - news * newspapers * books * scholar * JSTOR (July 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message) CL-1201 [300px-Concept_image_of_cl-1201] Artist's impression of the aircraft Role Transport Type of aircraft Designer Lockheed Status Design study Primary user United States Air Force (projected) Number built None Developed from CL-1170^[1] The Lockheed CL-1201 was a design study by Lockheed for a giant 6,000 ton nuclear-powered transport aircraft in the late 1960s. One envisioned use of the concept was as an airborne aircraft carrier.^[1 ] Design [edit] The CL-1201 design project studied a nuclear-powered aircraft of extreme size, with a wingspan of 1,120 feet (340 m).^[1] Had it been built, it would have had the largest wingspan of any airplane to date,^[2] and more than twice that of any aircraft of the 20th century. The wing would be of crescent form, similar to the British Handley Page Victor V-bomber, but unlike the British design, it was tailless. Power would be derived from the heat generated by a nuclear reactor and transferred to four jet engines near the rear, where it would superheat the air passing through to provide thrust. The craft would be capable of staying airborne for long periods of time, with an estimated endurance of 41 days. At low altitudes, the jets would burn conventional aviation fuel. In order to take off, the plane required 182 additional vertical lift engines. Two variants were studied, a logistics support aircraft and an airborne aircraft carrier. There was a rumored third variant, but information on such a model has never been made public. The logistics support variant would have a conventional heavy transport role, carrying hundreds of troops and their equipment at once. The airborne aircraft carrier would have carried up to 22 fighter aircraft externally and would have an internal dock capable of handling two air-to-ground shuttle transport aircraft. Specifications [edit] [220px-CL-1201_Schematics] Data from Large nuclear-powered subsonic aircraft for transoceanic commerce" p.4,^[2] General characteristics * Crew: 400-845 * Wingspan: 1,120 ft 0 in (340 m) * Wing area: 125,204 sq ft (11,630 m^2) * Aspect ratio: 10 * Gross weight: 11,850,000 lb (5,375,000 kg) * Powerplant: 4 x main * Powerplant: 182 x lift-fans Performance * Endurance: 41 days * Reactor output: 1830 megawatts * Tactical fighters carried (AAC variant): 22 See also [edit] * Short SB.4 Sherpa References [edit] 1. ^ ^a ^b ^c "Never Built: CL-1201 - Found And Explained". 2021-05-01. Retrieved 2024-01-10. 2. ^ ^a ^b Rose, Bill; Secret Projects: Flying Wings and Tailless Aircraft. Hinckley, UK: Midland Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-1-85780-320-4. External links [edit] * Lockheed's Insane Attack Carrier: The CL-1201 Mustard, YouTube * The Lockheed CL-1201 Flying Aircraft Carrier by Tails Through Time in the Internet Archive * The eccentric engineer: an aviation ostrich destined never to fly . 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