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One of the most plausible what-ifs, we came so very close to the formula. Built this, realized much like the German Me 321>323 development cycle it would be even more useful under it's own power, plus unlike them we could afford the spare engines. Then we won and the entire R&D pipeline short of jet turbines got put on hold for decades, leading to these crazy glimpses of 1960-80s ideas and hardware circa 1944-45 - airlifters, flying wings, drones, F&F guided missiles.