Another clear winner from our “In the Year 2000” Flickr pool, included in a cluster of great photos uploaded by “beamjockey.” He explains:
Models of spaceplane designs from Bell Aircraft, perhaps in the 1950s, perhaps related to the BOMI skip-glider proposal. These models are in the fine Niagara Aerospace Museum in Niagara Falls, New York. in which Bell plays a starring role.
I love how abstract the shapes are. I wonder if Bell actually intended to build the spaceplaces with that shape or if they were just getting the general point across.
Bell Spaceplanes Rear View 0354 [Flickr]
Beamjockey is Bill Higgins, particle physicist at Fermi Lab and an all-around good guy.