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Douglas Model 671/684: The X-15’s Shadow (2012)
- arethuza 12y agoAlloys containing thorium were quite popular at one point - the B-58 Hustler used Mag-Thor and apparently their airframes gave off more radiation than the nuclear weapons they carried. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mag-Thor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mag-Thor
- marktangotango 12y ago>>The Model 684 would have used HK31, an alloy of magnesium, thorium, and zirconium which is no longer in use since the three percent that is thorium makes the alloy radioactive. Nice I had no idea. There's a B-58 on display at Whiteman AFB, I thought it was production model, but maybe it's a mock up? I love reading about these old projects, it was a different era for sure.