German Bundeswehr's Alphajets have usually been abbreviated as "A-Jet"s. Once a German officer sent a telegram to his American partners that he would send someone with an airplane now. When the Americans asked: "What type of aircraft?" they got the answer "A jet"; aha. As a little thanks for reaching 1K page views, I'd like to post something vast part of the community seems to like most: A large military jet - no w/t-model this time ;). This one now looks a bit like a crossover between B-29 and B-47. I really like the elegant shape of the B-47, much more than its successor B-52's box-fuselage for instance. Only the fighter-like canopy is something that doesn't really fit well into it and didn't seem to be a very comfortable solution for the crew. What I'm more fascinated of are the early "glass"-cockpits of the 1940s, beginning with Bristol Blenheim and He-111 and ending with the first pressurized cabins of the Bomber-B-program and finally B-29/Tu-4. OK, the high bypass ratio does not fit so well into that time. However, there are even serious plans to fit the obsolete B-52s with four high bypass engines instead of the fuelthirsty eightpack. Moreover, since electronic equipment miniaturizes, why not go another step back to a smaller and aerodynamically at least better looking configuration. In this case, two engines should be enough. As there is no way to place the outriggers at the nacelles, I had to put them into the tip tanks. Placed below the wing, the pylons work like winglets, swept upstream for flutter prevention. Mounted under its portside wing is a supersonic reconnaissance UAV. It may be called the Hammerhead Shark because of its shape. Camera-eyes at the canard tips giving its 'pilot' in the mothership a stereoscopic first person view. The main wings have a strong negative V-shape like a shark's pectoral fins to avoid collisions with fuselage or nacelle of the mother plane when attached to the wing hardpoint. And also they are to keep the shock configuration together like the XB-70's lowered wingtips. AutoCAD 2011 Corel Photopaint 7 Notepad