Here are some summary notes on the Scottish Company Beardmore who's aircraft manufacturing activities began in 1913 and ended in the 1920's.
Beardmore-D.F.W. Round Britain Racer
In 1913 William Beardmore and Company took over the building rights in Britain for the German Deutsche Flugzeug Werke...
After WW I Schütte-Lanz, led by Prof. Schütte tried to get into the civil airship business by designing
Trans-Atlantic airships. SL 101 "Atlantic" would have had a volume of 95,000 cbm, whereas SL 102
"Panamerica" would have been considerble bigger with 205,000 cbm.
Apart from the wartime...
I found this rather interesting PDF on what could have been Denmark's first submarine.
It's in Danish, so here's the Google translate translation.
"Description of Captain V. Hovgaard Project for a submarine. 1900 "
Or what could have been Navy's first submarine ...
By Søren Nørby, cand. mag...
Hi,
V.14 Binz was float plane of 1922.
V.15 Sellin was flying boat with enclosed cabin for passengers.
V.16 was an airliner biplane.
V.17 was float plane and powered by Benz engine.
V.23 Anklam was a low-wing monoplane powered by one Siemens
Sh 4 engine,a high wing also planned.
V.25...
deutsche luftstreitkräfte
die fliegertruppen des deutschen kaiserreiches
german empire
imperial german navy
imperial german state
interwar period
marine-fliegerabteilung
pre-worldwari
weimar republic
world wari
This weapon has a very long history and participated in and failed multiple trials through 1908 to the early 1920s. it started life as a self loading rifle and appears to have evolved into a light machine gun. However the closes it got to entering service was 1918. After numerable trials a...
central powers
deutsche luftstreitkräfte
die fliegertruppen des deutschen kaiserreiches
german empire
imperial german army
imperial german navy
pre-worldwari
triple alliance
world wari
Apparently no-one has yet tackled the subject on this forum, so here is my contribution. After days of research, it seems that there is no chance of ever filling the gaps in this list as even the sources of the time and the resources available do not give the type numbers for many A.W.A...
Something about the ricci brothers:
Umberto Ricci, born in Verona on November 26, 1886
Ettore Ricci, born in Verona on November 30, 1888:
they started their aeronautical career in 1905, building little hot air rigid airship models.
After some free flight gliders, they built a triple-tandem...
Hi all,
once again a question about Caproni...
I don´t know project or not, but I search for pics or drawings of the following early Caproni aircraft Ca.52/Ca.54/Ca.55/Ca.78(sure project)/Ca.81(sure project)/Ca.88(real aircraft) and Ca.110(project).
Thanks Maveric
corpo aeronautica militare
interwar period
kingdom of italy
pre-worldwari
regia aeronautica
regio esercito
servizio aeronautico della regia marina
world wari
With the recent Supermarine list I tried to get a Vickers list from the inromaftion in limited my library. The list is far from complete and is offered here as a start. I will load it up in groups.
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Many, many years ago a discussion forum for never-were ship designs was created called Warship Projects which is currently in version 3 here. I thought I'd post some of the more interesting projects here. This topic covers various designs by Ansaldo in Italy for Russia, Greece and Spain and the...
Hi guys :),
I wonder if any of you knows more about those freelance engineers who presented their own designs to the competent authorities. The one depicted here, sent to me by Lark ( thanks again ;), Paul ) is from Wilhelm Hillmann, an engineer at Bremen.
From "Die deutschen Flugboote...
Hi,
this is an unusual method for cargo aircraft,from
Curtiss-Wright.
http://www.google.com/patents?id=izx-AAAAEBAJ&pg=PP1&dq=curtiss+wright+airplane#PPP1,M1
cold war
curtiss
curtiss aeroplane and motor company
curtiss-wright corporation
interwar period
post-world warii
pre-worldwari
united states
world wari
world warii
Hi,
The Caproni was a great aircraft company and it absorbed more
than 20 companies during its life.
Biplane and Monoplane first as a historical aircraft.
Ca.30 three engined bomber of 1913 led to developed the
Ca.31 and inter production as Ca.1.
Ca.1 to Ca.5 heavy bombers.
Ca.6 biplane.
Ca.7...
First post of a long topic about Italian battleship Francesco Caracciolo and the many designs for her in 1914-1919.
A quick summary;
A-series with 12x381mm guns
B-series unknown?
C-series definitive Caracciolo with 8x381mm guns in duples. What was actually built (but not finished)
D-series with...
Good morning Vietnam.
I´ve found this interesting web about WWI. In the following link you can find some interesting russian battleships.
www.gwpda.org/naval/irn16bb.htm
May the fun be with you...
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